Background
Glover, Robert Hall was born on October 17, 1871 in Leeds, Quebec, Canada. Son of Thomas and Jennie (Hall) Glover.
Glover, Robert Hall was born on October 17, 1871 in Leeds, Quebec, Canada. Son of Thomas and Jennie (Hall) Glover.
Educated Collegiate Institute and University of Toronto. Graduate New York Missionary Training College, 1893. Doctor of Medicine University Medical College (New York University), 1894.
Missionary in China under Christian and Missionary Alliance, 1894-1913. Ordained to Christian ministry, 1896. Founded Bible Training School, Wuchow, 1900, and Blackstone Bible Institute, Wuchang, 1905.
Deputational secretary Christian and Missionary Alliance, 1911-1913.
Foreign secretary same, 1913-1921. Director Missionary Course, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, 1921-1926.
Assistant home director China Inland Mission, 1926-1929, home director, 1930-1943, now home director, emeritus. Visited Christian missions in many parts of world.
Fellow Royal Geography Society.
Married Caroline Robbins Prentice, November 20, 1902. Children: Bernard Prentice (deceased), Florence Jennie, Marjorie Evelyn, Robert Prentice.