Who's Who in the Far East/LANGSDORF, Rev. William Bell
LANGSDORF, Rev. William Bell (HIROSHIMA), M.A., Ph. D.; Presbyterian Missionary and Educationalist; b. 186fi, near Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co., Pa.; m. 1900, Julia May Tappan, d. of President Tappan, of Miami University. Educ.: Dickinson College (B.A., 1887, M.A., 1890); Washington, and Jefferson, (Ph. D. 1897); Hanover. Teacher of English and Mathematics, Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1887-189; Professor of Latin and Greek, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Military College, 1889-1890; post-graduate student, University of Leipzig, 1890-1892; special student, University of Oxford, England, 1892; student at Rome and Paris, 1893; Professor, Latin language and literature, Miami University, 1893-1902; graduated, Lane Theological Seminary, 1902; ordained by Dayton Presbytery (Presbyterian Church North), 1902; appointed by Foreign Board Presbyterian Church North, as Missionary to Japan, 1902; Commissioner to 107th General Assembly of Presbyterian Church (North) 1895; Member of Archaelogical Institute of America; American Philological Association. Publicatitons: Translator of Seneca's "Tranquillity of Mind and Providence;" contributor to leading educational journals. Address: 189, Kokutaiji Mura, Hiroshima, Japan.