Who's Who in the Far East/THOMSON, Rev. Robert Austin
THOMSON, Rev. Robert Austin (KOBE), F.R.G.S., M.J.S.; Clergyman; b. 1860; m. Jan. 3, 1889, Gazelle M. Rulofson, of New Britain, Conn. Educ.: Edinburgh and London. Appointed Agent, National Bible Society of Scotland to Japan, 1884; resigned in 1888; appointed Missionary of the American Baptist Missionary Union at Kobe, 1888 and has remained there ever since; Sec. of the Mission in Japan, from 1897 to 1903; served on Literary Committee for Decennial Conference of Missions, 1900, in Japan; was appointed first Sec. of that body during sessions of Conference at Tokyo: was first missionary to reopen Christian work in Liu-Chiu islands after Dr. Bettleheim, who left Islands in 1854; was instrumental in opening of Mission work among islands of Inland Sea of Japan by securing funds for building and equipment of a small vessel which is now being used with remarkable success. Publications: Papers on Liu-Chiu. Address: "Kakinoki," Kitano, Kobe, Japan.