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| ⚫ | '''Charles Daniel Tenney''' (June 29, 1857 |
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| ⚫ | '''Charles Daniel Tenney''' (June 29, 1857 – March 14, 1930) was an American educator and diplomat to China. He was the first [[President of Tianjin University|President of Peiyang University]] in [[Tianjin]] (Tientsin), China from 1895 through 1906 and acted as Secretary of the Tientsin Provisional Government from 1900 to 1902. After ending his service to the Chinese Government, Tenney served as Secretary to the American Legations in [[Beijing]] (Peking) and [[Nanjing]] (Nanking). |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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Charles Tenney was born in Boston, |
Charles Tenney was born in Boston, Massachusetts on June 29, 1857, to Rev. Daniel Tenney and Mary Adams Parker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/tenneyfamilyor1904intenn|title=The Tenney family, or, The descendants of Thomas Tenney of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1638–1904, revised with partial records of Prof. Jonathan Tenney|first1=Martha Jane|last1=Tenney|first2=Jonathan|last2=Tenney|date=April 28, 1904|publisher=Concord, N.H. : Rumford Press|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> After receiving his B.A. and M.A. degrees from [[Dartmouth College]] in 1878 and 1879, he entered divinity school at Oberlin Theological Seminary. He was assigned by the [[American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions]] (ABCFM) to Shanxi, China and moved there with his wife, Anne Runcie Jerrel, as part of the "[[Oberlin Band (China)|Oberlin Band]]" in 1882.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collections.dartmouth.edu/teitexts/tenney/diplomatic/ms794-000-pcintro-diplomatic.html|title=Charles Tenney's Remnants of a Foreign Life in China|website=collections.dartmouth.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/digital/collections/manuscripts/tenney/|title=The Papers of Charles Daniel Tenney|website=www.dartmouth.edu}}</ref> |
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== Life in China == |
== Life in China == |
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[[File:Li Hung Chang in 1896.jpg|thumb|Li Hongzhang in 1896]] |
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| ⚫ | Tenney lived in Shanxi for four years, during which time he founded a primary school. |
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| ⚫ | Tenney lived as a missionary in Shanxi for four years, during which time he founded a primary school. Resigning from the ABCFM in 1886, he moved to Tianjin, Hebei province where he became tutor to the sons of influential statesman and reformer [[Li Hongzhang]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The papers of Charles Daniel Tenney|last=Xie|first=Nianlin|publisher=Guangxi shi fan da xue chu ban she|year=2015|isbn=9787549561933|location=Guilin}}</ref> Tenney founded the Tianjin Anglo-Chinese College and acted as principal of that institution beginning in 1886. When the Chinese Government opened the Imperial Chinese University in Tianjin in 1895 it selected Tenney as president, and he served in this role until 1906. He was then appointed as Director of Chinese Government Students in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0801515|title=Tenney, Charles Daniel (1857–1930), missionary, educator, and diplomat in China|website=American National Biography|year=2000|doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0801515|last1=Lutz|first1=Jessie G.}}</ref> |
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== Life as an American Diplomat == |
== Life as an American Diplomat == |
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Tenney became the Chinese Secretary of the American Legation at |
Tenney became the Chinese Secretary of the American Legation at Beijing in 1908 and American Delegate to the Joint International Opium Commission at Shanghai in 1909. Following the founding of the Revolutionary Government by [[Sun Yat-sen]] in 1912, Tenney was sent to the newly appointed capital at Nanjing as Consul.<ref name=":0" /> He was promoted to Counselor of Legation in 1919 and was acting head of affairs for the American Embassy until 1920.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/search?utf8=%e2%9c%93&q%5b%5d=ms794&commit=Search&op%5b%5d=&filter_fields%5b%5d=level&filter_values%5b%5d=collection|title=Found 1 Results | Dartmouth Library Archives & Manuscripts|website=archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu}}</ref> |
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== Death == |
== Death == |
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Tenney retired in 1921 and returned to the United States, making his home in Palo Alto, California. He made a return trip to China in 1923 where he suffered from a stroke. He died in Palo Alto in 1930. |
Tenney retired in 1921 and returned to the United States, making his home in Palo Alto, California. He made a return trip to China in 1923 where he suffered from a stroke. He died in Palo Alto in 1930.<ref>{{Cite news|title=DR. C.D. TENNEY, EDUCATOR, DEAD|date=Mar 16, 1930|work=New York Times|id={{ProQuest|99059133}}}}</ref> |
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==Works== |
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|year=1904 |
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|first=C. D. |
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|title=Geography of Asia |
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|url=https://archive.org/details/geographyofasia00tennrich/ |
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|location=New York |
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|publisher=[[MacMillan and Co]]<!--https://archive.org/details/geographyasia00tenngoog/--> |
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|OCLC=182639088}} |
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== References == |
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Charles Daniel Tenney (June 29, 1857 – March 14, 1930) was an American educator and diplomat to China. He was the first President of Peiyang University in Tianjin (Tientsin), China from 1895 through 1906 and acted as Secretary of the Tientsin Provisional Government from 1900 to 1902. After ending his service to the Chinese Government, Tenney served as Secretary to the American Legations in Beijing (Peking) and Nanjing (Nanking).
Early life and education
[edit]Charles Tenney was born in Boston, Massachusetts on June 29, 1857, to Rev. Daniel Tenney and Mary Adams Parker.[1] After receiving his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Dartmouth College in 1878 and 1879, he entered divinity school at Oberlin Theological Seminary. He was assigned by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) to Shanxi, China and moved there with his wife, Anne Runcie Jerrel, as part of the "Oberlin Band" in 1882.[2][3]
Life in China
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Tenney lived as a missionary in Shanxi for four years, during which time he founded a primary school. Resigning from the ABCFM in 1886, he moved to Tianjin, Hebei province where he became tutor to the sons of influential statesman and reformer Li Hongzhang.[4] Tenney founded the Tianjin Anglo-Chinese College and acted as principal of that institution beginning in 1886. When the Chinese Government opened the Imperial Chinese University in Tianjin in 1895 it selected Tenney as president, and he served in this role until 1906. He was then appointed as Director of Chinese Government Students in the United States.[5]
Life as an American Diplomat
[edit]Tenney became the Chinese Secretary of the American Legation at Beijing in 1908 and American Delegate to the Joint International Opium Commission at Shanghai in 1909. Following the founding of the Revolutionary Government by Sun Yat-sen in 1912, Tenney was sent to the newly appointed capital at Nanjing as Consul.[4] He was promoted to Counselor of Legation in 1919 and was acting head of affairs for the American Embassy until 1920.[6]
Death
[edit]Tenney retired in 1921 and returned to the United States, making his home in Palo Alto, California. He made a return trip to China in 1923 where he suffered from a stroke. He died in Palo Alto in 1930.[7]
Works
[edit]- Tenney, C. D. (1904). Geography of Asia. New York: MacMillan and Co. OCLC 182639088.
References
[edit]- ^ Tenney, Martha Jane; Tenney, Jonathan (April 28, 1904). "The Tenney family, or, The descendants of Thomas Tenney of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1638–1904, revised with partial records of Prof. Jonathan Tenney". Concord, N.H. : Rumford Press – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Charles Tenney's Remnants of a Foreign Life in China". collections.dartmouth.edu.
- ^ "The Papers of Charles Daniel Tenney". www.dartmouth.edu.
- ^ a b Xie, Nianlin (2015). The papers of Charles Daniel Tenney. Guilin: Guangxi shi fan da xue chu ban she. ISBN 9787549561933.
- ^ Lutz, Jessie G. (2000). "Tenney, Charles Daniel (1857–1930), missionary, educator, and diplomat in China". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0801515.
- ^ "Found 1 Results | Dartmouth Library Archives & Manuscripts". archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu.
- ^ "DR. C.D. TENNEY, EDUCATOR, DEAD". New York Times. Mar 16, 1930. ProQuest 99059133.
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