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Occupation
  
medical missionary

Name
  
Harold Balme

Education
  
King's College London

Spouse(s)
  
Hilda E. Carr

Died
  
1953

Harold Balme
Born
  
May 28, 1878 (
1878-05-28
)
Hackney, Middlesex, England

Harold Balme (Chinese: 巴慕德; pinyin: Ba Mude, May 28, 1878 in Hackney, Middlesex, England - February 13, 1953 in London) was a British medical missionary to China. He served as president of Cheeloo University from 1921 to 1927.

Balme studied medicine at King's College and King's College Hospital. He went to Taiyuan in Shanxi as a medical missionary in 1906. In 1913, he took a position as professor of surgery at Cheeloo University and superindent of the University's hospital. Later, he was appointed dean of the university's medical school and president of the University in 1921.

Works

  • Harold Balme, "Medical Missions in China", The Lancet, Vol. 198 No. 5119 pp 784–786, 1921
  • Harold Balme, "China and Modern Medicine: A Study in Medical Missionary Development", London: United Council for Missionary Education, 1921.
  • Harold Balme, "The trend of medical mission policy in China, International Review of Mission", Volume 13, Issue 2, pages 247-257, April 1924.
  • References

    Harold Balme Wikipedia