Background
Richardson, Robert Price was born on March 8, 1896 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Edgar Morrison and Anna Black (Price) Richardson.
clergyman church administrator
Richardson, Robert Price was born on March 8, 1896 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Edgar Morrison and Anna Black (Price) Richardson.
Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern Presbyterian U., 1917. Student school military aerospace University Texas, 1918. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1923.
Studied language U. Nanking, 1923-1924. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Southwestern at Memphis, 1938.
Director athletics Southwest. U., 1919-1920; ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church, 1923. Missionary to China under Board World Missions, Presbyterian Church, United States, 1923-1951.
Also clergyman, Taichow, Kiangsu, China. Prisoner of Japanese, 1941-1942, repatriated, 1942. Regional director Kiangsu Province, China, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, 1946-1947.
Detained by Communists in China, 1950-1951. Vice president in charge development Southwestern at Memphis, 1951-1961. Minister of administration First Presbyterian Church, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1961-1966.
Served as cadet, United States Army A.C., 1918. Member Kappa Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa. Clubs: Executive, Kiwanis (Memphis).
Married Agnes Davidson Rowland, June 13, 1923. Children: Susan, Robert Price, William R., Edgar M. Teacher.