Background
William Alderman Linton was born February 8, 1891 in Thomasville, Georgia.
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William Alderman Linton moved to of Korea in 1912 and dedicated the rest of his life to serving and developing Korean society as a Presbyterian missionary and educator.
Education
Linton lived with Hull while he attended college and through this association met John Fairman Preston, who invited Linton to become a missionary to of Korea.
Career
Cynthia McLean, Sunday School teacher, and M.M. Hull influenced his early life. To be an educational missionary in of Korea, Linton conducted self-directed research and study, including Korean pronunciation training and earning additional degrees from Columbia Teacher"s College and Columbia Theological Seminary. Linton continued to seek the classification needed from the Japanese Government-General of of Korea"s Bureau of Education that would enable Korean students to continue their education without losing the opportunity to pursue higher education.
Following Japanese colonial rule of of Korea and the Korean War, in 1956 Linton founded Daejeon College in Daejeon, and served as its first president
The college ultimately became known as Hannam University in 1982. Even after Linton’s death in 1960, his family has continued to serve of Korea and is currently impacting Korean society in Christian missions, medical care, and public service.
Two of William Linton’s sons, Hugh Linton and Thomas Dwight Linton, served as Christian missionaries in of Korea. Hugh Linton planted more than 600 churches in South Jeolla province, served in the Korean War, and during the 1960s established several tuberculosis clinics.
Two of Hugh Linton"s sons have made significant contributions to of Korea in medical care.
Doctor John Linton, Director of Severance Hospital"s International Care Center located in Seoul, invented a new type of ambulance for of Korea in 1993. In 2012, he was granted Korean citizenship in recognition of his contribution to Korean Society. In 1995, Doctor Stephen Winn Linton established the Eugene Bell Foundation, named for William Linton’s father-in-law who also served as a missionary in of Korea.
This non-profit organization provides medicine and medical equipment to North of Korea and has provided treatment to more than 200,000 North Korean tuberculosis patients.
