Sherwood Eddy was an American

United States

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 Protestant missionary, author, administrator and educator. He was born George Sherwood Eddy on January 19, 1871 to George Alfred Eddy and Margaret Louise Nolan at Leavenworth, Kansas

Leavenworth, Kansas

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. He attended Phillips Andover Academy, graduated from Yale University

Yale University

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 in 1891 and then studied at Princeton Theological Seminary

Princeton Theological Seminary

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, graduating in 1896. As a national secretary of the YMCA

YMCA

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 he worked in an honorary capacity among students in Japan

Japan

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, Korea

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, China

China

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, India

India

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, the Near East

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, and Russia

Russia

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. He died on November 4, 1963 at Jacksonville, Illinois

Jacksonville, Illinois

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Selected bibliography

• The Awakening of India, (1911)
• The New Era in Asia, (1913)
• The Students of Asia, (1915)
• Suffering and the War, (1916)
• With Our Soldiers in France, (1917)
• Everybody's World, (1920)
• What Shall I Believe in the Light of Psychology and the New Science, (1926)
• Russia Today: What Can we Learn from It?, (1934)
• Revolutionary Christianity, 1934)
• Ten Suggestions for Personal work, (1934)

He wrote other works which were published in England

England

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 and India.
He is also known today for his works with the Oxford Group

Oxford Group

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 evangelical group, a predecessor to Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous

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. There also exists a YMCA named after him.

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