Do U have any information about Henry Apenzeller, a Methodist?

Question

Protestantism was introduced into Korea in 1884 by two Americans: Henry Apenzeller, a Methodist, and Horace Underwood, a Presbyterian. Template:Ref Emphasizing the mass-circulation of the Bible (which had been translated into Korean between 1881 and 1887 by the Reverend John Ross, a Scottish Presbyterian missionary in Manchuria, the Protestant pioneers also established the first modern educational institutes in Korea. Template:Ref The Methodist PaeChae School for boys was founded in 1885, and the Presbyterian Ehwa girls' school followed a year later. (from Wikipedia)


I'am a OB of the PaeChae School in Seoul,
so I want to know what he was like.
I've heard that he was from Yale Univerty.

Answer 1

Henry was from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He attended Drew Theological Seminary near Morristown, New Jersey. There is a (rather pricey) book available on Amazon.com by Daniel M. Davies, The Life and Thought of Henry Gerhard Appenzeller (link below), but I have not read it. Davies also did a piece for the American Society of Church History, "Building a City on a Hill in Korea" (Church History, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 422-435). There is also another book by William Elliot Griffis, A Modern Pioneer in Korea (Revell, 1912) to look for.