Lewis S. C. Smythe

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Lewis Strong Casey Smythe [pronounced "Smith"[1]] (Washington, D.C. January 31, 1901 – June 1, 1978) was a sociologist and an American Christian missionary to China who was present during the Nanjing Massacre.[2][3][4][5]

The son of Lewis Strong Smythe (of

Chicago School (sociology), notably Ernest Burgess and Robert E. Park.[16]

In 1928, the Smythes were dispatched to

Chicago, Illinois,[17] served as a medical missionary.[7][18]

Smythe was in Nanjing during the Battle of Nanking and its aftermath, the Nanjing Massacre.[10] He served as Secretary of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone from December 14, 1937 to February 10, 1938.[19] In that role, he and the Committee's chairman, John Rabe, recorded the atrocities committed by Japanese troops and made daily reports complaining to the Japanese embassy. Smythe reported that while the Japanese embassy continually promised to do something about the atrocities, it was not until February 1938 that anything substantive was done to restore order to the city.[20]

After the end of

International Military Tribunal of the Far East
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The Smythes were forced by the Communists to leave China in 1951.[17][8] Smythe subsequently worked as an adviser to several organizations and wrote several articles and books relating to social change in China.[3] He served as a Professor and Chair of the newly established Department of Christian Community (1952 – 1964) at The College of the Bible (Lexington, Kentucky[21][7][22] During a one-year sabbatical (1957 – 1958), he served as the Assistant to the President of Silliman University (Dumaguete, Philippines)[8][18] and instituted a local, rural development program.[23]

In the documentary film Nanking, Smythe was portrayed by actor Stephen Dorff.

References

  1. ^ "The Bulletin, Spring 2008 (Vol. 44, No. 2): The Newsletter of the Lexington Theological Seminary" (PDF). 2008. p. 4.
  2. ^ "Lewis S.C. Smythe". The Nanking Massacre Project: Yale Divinity School, Yale University.
  3. ^ a b "Oral History Catalogue: Claremont Graduate University".
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  7. ^ a b c d "113 Session-North Carolina Convention of Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ)". North Carolina Disciples of Christ. November 12–14, 1957. p. 21.
  8. ^ a b c "The Bulletin, Spring 2008 (Vol. 44, No. 2): The Newsletter of the Lexington Theological Seminary" (PDF). 2008. p. 5.
  9. ^ a b "China News Letter - Letters from Phillips House to friends in the United States" (PDF). The Nanking Massacre Project: Yale Divinity School, Yale University.
  10. ^ a b Jocelyn Mary Chatterton (2010). Protestant Medical Missionary Experience During the War in China 1937-1945: The Case of Hubei Province (PDF). School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
  11. ^ "The Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper: Cincinnati, Ohio". January 27, 1945. p. 9.
  12. ^ "The Courier-Journal newspaper: Louisville, Kentucky". May 15, 1957. p. 17.
  13. ^ Shanghai American School Association (2016). "The SASA News, March 2016 (No. 79)" (PDF). pp. 2–3.
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  15. OCLC 77984626
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  16. ^ M. F. Nimkoff (1952). "Editor's Note". Journal of Marriage and Family Living (Now the Journal of Marriage and Family). 30 (4): 272–273.
  17. ^ a b "The Courier-Journal newspaper: Louisville, Kentucky". December 4, 1953. p. 51.
  18. ^ a b "The Courier-Journal newspaper: Louisville, Kentucky". February 8, 1957. p. 22.
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  20. ISBN 978-0-472-08662-7
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  21. ASIN B000HHNQES
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  22. ^ Lewis S. C. Smythe (1952). "The Success of Chinese Families as Families". Journal of Marriage and Family Living (Now the Journal of Marriage and Family). 30 (4): 286–294.
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