Background
Tewksbury, Elwood Gardner was born on March 6, 1865 in West Newbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James G. and Sarah J. (Whittier) Tewksbury.
Tewksbury, Elwood Gardner was born on March 6, 1865 in West Newbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James G. and Sarah J. (Whittier) Tewksbury.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard, 1887. Graduate Hartford Theological Seminary, 1890.
Helen Roberta. Ordained Congleton ministry, 1890. Missionary American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1890-1907. Professor physics and chemistry, North China Union College, 1890-1906.
Lecturer on Far East for New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn Institute, etc., 1898-1899 and 1906-1909. Thompson lecturer on missions, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1907. Secretary Y.P. Missionary Movement and New York Laymen’s Missionary Movement.
1908-1909; founder 1st China “Northfield,” 1903. Became general secretary China S.S. Union, 1910.
Member Delta Upsilon.
Married Grace Holbrook, May 28, 1889. Children: Malcolm Gardner, Donald George.