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Benjamin Broomhall

British missionary

Died when: 81 years 287 days (981 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

Benjamin Broomhall

Benjamin Broomhall (15 August 1829 – 29 May 1911) was a British advocate of foreign missions, administrator of the China Inland Mission, and author.

Broomhall served as the General Secretary of the China Inland Mission (CIM), (from 1878 to 1895).A boyhood friend of James Hudson Taylor (Founder and General Director of the China Inland Mission), he became husband to Hudson Taylor’s sister Amelia.

As General Secretary of the CIM, he was involved in fund-raising and recruiting missionaries to send to China and acted as editor of the mission magazine, "China's Millions".


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