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Arthur Henry Ewing (18 October 1864 – 13 September 1912) was a prominent American
Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...
missionary and academic.


Biography

Arthur Henry Ewing was born near
Saltsburg, Pennsylvania Saltsburg is a borough in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its location is in western Pennsylvania, in the southwestern corner of Indiana County near its border with Westmoreland County. The town was based on the construction of salt ...
on 18 October 1864. He graduated from
Washington & Jefferson College Washington & Jefferson College (W&J College or W&J) is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania. The college traces its origin to three log cabin colleges in Washington County established by three Presbyterian missionaries to ...
in 1887. In his missionary duties, he served as a principal of a Boys' Boarding School in India and served as Principal of Allahabad Christian College from 1901–1912, which was later renamed
Ewing Christian College Ewing Christian College (ECC), formerly Allahabad Christian College, is an autonomous constituent college of University of Allahabad, located in Allahabad, India. The college was established in 1902 by Arthur Henry Ewing, a prominent Presbyter ...
in his honour. He was the brother of
James Caruthers Rhea Ewing Sir James Caruthers Rhea Ewing (23 June 1854 – 20 August 1925) was a prominent American Presbyterian missionary, educationist, theologian, and author who worked in India. Ewing was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania to Eleanor Rhea an ...
, who was also a Presbyterian missionary in India. Arthur Henry Ewing died in
Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...
on 13 September 1912.


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1864 births 1912 deaths Washington & Jefferson College alumni American Presbyterian missionaries Presbyterian missionaries in India American expatriates in India {{US-reli-bio-stub