William Jones Boone (17 May 1846 – 5 October 1891) was the fourth
Anglican
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missionary
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bishop of Shanghai. Boone was born in Shanghai, son of and namesake of
William Jones Boone. He studied at
Princeton University
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and attended
Virginia Theological Seminary
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prior to his ordination to the diaconate in
Petersburg, Virginia
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in 1868. He was consecrated Bishop of Shanghai on 28 October 1884.
Works
''Correspondence in Connection with the Protest against the Consecration of Rev. W. J. Boone as Missionary Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in China. Also Letters Referring to the Wretched Management of the Mission''(1885)
See also
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Protestant missions in China 1807-1953
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1845 births
1891 deaths
Virginia Theological Seminary alumni
Episcopal bishops of Shanghai
19th-century Anglican bishops in China
19th-century American clergy
American expatriates in Shanghai
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