Norman Howard Cliff
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Norman Howard Cliff was a British
Protestant Christian
author who wrote about Christianity and the history of missionary work in China
.
(Chefoo) to a missionary family serving with the China Inland Mission
.
Cliff was interned by the Japanese at the Weihsien or Weifang
concentration camp in 1941. The prisoners at Weifang were liberated in 1945 by American paratroopers.
He wrote seven books, and a thesis ‘’A History of the Protestant Movement in Shandong Province, China, 1859 to 1951’’. Cliff earned an M.Phil degree at the Open University
, and then a Ph. D. at Buckingham University, where he was capped by Lady Margaret Thatcher
.
United Kingdom
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Protestant Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
author who wrote about Christianity and the history of missionary work in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
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Career
Cliff was born in YantaiYantai
Yantai is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Located on the southern coast of the Bohai Sea and the eastern coast of the Laizhou Bay, Yantai borders the cities of Qingdao and Weihai to the southwest and east respectively.The largest fishing...
(Chefoo) to a missionary family serving with the China Inland Mission
China Inland Mission
OMF International is an interdenominational Protestant Christian missionary society, founded in Britain by Hudson Taylor on 25 June 1865.-Overview:...
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Cliff was interned by the Japanese at the Weihsien or Weifang
Weifang
Weifang is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Dongying to the northwest, Zibo to the west, Linyi to the southwest, Rizhao to the south, Qingdao to the east, and looks out to the Laizhou Bay to the north.-History:Weifang is a historical city...
concentration camp in 1941. The prisoners at Weifang were liberated in 1945 by American paratroopers.
He wrote seven books, and a thesis ‘’A History of the Protestant Movement in Shandong Province, China, 1859 to 1951’’. Cliff earned an M.Phil degree at the Open University
Open University
The Open University is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom...
, and then a Ph. D. at Buckingham University, where he was capped by Lady Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
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Works authored
- Prisoners of the Samurai: Japanese Civilian Camps, 1941-1945
- Fierce the Conflict (2001)
- White Cliffs of Hangzhou
- Life and Theology of Watchman Nee : Including a Study of the Little Flock
- A Heart for China: The Gripping Story of Benjamin Broomhall
- A Flame of Sacred Love
- Courtyard of the Happy Way