Arthur Lloyd (10 April 1852 – 27 October 1911) was a minister of the

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, fellow and Dean of

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, academic, translator, and biographer. He also served as an

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missionary to Japan.

Background and early life

Lloyd was born in

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in 1852, the son of Major Frederick Lloyd of the

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. He was educated at Brewood Grammar School, Staffordshire, St John's College and

where he obtained a First Class degree in Classics in 1874. Lloyd was consecrated as a deacon in 1875 and as a priest in 1876 in the Church of England by

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, the

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. He served as curate at St. Barnabas, Liverpool from 1875 to 1876 and subsequently at

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from 1877 to 1879. He was appointed a Fellow and Dean of Peterhouse 1877-1879. Immediately prior to setting out for Japan he served jointly as the rector of

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parish and as vicar of Hunstanton, Norfolk. He was married with two children and an adopted niece.

Missionary work in Japan

Lloyd arrived in Japan in 1884 as a missionary for the

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. As well as his church mission work, Lloyd held various positions in Japan as an academic at

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, a lecturer at the Imperial University and at the Imperial Navy War College. From 1897 to 1903 Lloyd served as president of

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. For many years, both as librarian and as serving president from 1903 to 1905, Lloyd was an active member of the

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, serving as their president from 1903 to 1905. Much of Lloyd's early studies of Japanese Buddhism were published in the ''Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan''.Ion, A. Hamish, ''The Cross and the Rising Sun'', p.110 Lloyd is buried in

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Published works

of Japanese Buddhism''
1894
Life of Admiral Togo''
1905
praises of Amida : seven Buddhist sermons''
1907
wheat among the tares : studies of Buddhism in Japan''
1908
Japan : : written after twenty-five years' residence and work in the country''
1909
and his work : studies in Shinshu theology''
1910
Creed of Half Japan, Historical Sketches of Japanese Buddhism''
1911

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Arthur Anglican missionaries in Japan British Anglican missionaries Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Academic staff of Rikkyo University Academic staff of Keio University 1852 births 1911 deaths British expatriates in Japan Burials in Japan