William Jones Boone (17 May 1846 – 5 October 1891) was the fourth

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bishop of Shanghai. Boone was born in Shanghai, son of and namesake of William Jones Boone. He studied at

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and attended

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prior to his ordination to the diaconate in

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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)

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