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'''James Mills Thoburn''' (March 7, 1836 – November 28, 1922) was an [[United States|American]] [[bishop]] of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]] best known for his [[Mission (Christian)|missionary work]] in [[India]].<br />
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Thoburn was born on March 7, 1836 in [[St. Clairsville, Ohio]] and graduated from [[Allegheny College]] in [[Meadville, Pennsylvania]] in 1857, beginning his Methodist preaching ministry that same year in the Pittsburgh Conference. He was [[Holy orders|ordained]] an [[Elder (religious)|Elder]] in 1858.<br />
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He went to India as a missionary in 1859 and was stationed successively at [[Nainital|Nynee Tal]], [[Moradabad]], [[Lucknow]], and [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], where he founded [[Calcutta Boys' School]] in 1877. Preaching in both the native and European languages, he built the largest church in India at that time. As presiding Elder of the Indian Conference, he preached for some time at [[Shimla|Simla]], the summer capital of India, and was for five years editor of the ''Indian Witness''.<br />
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After an accident, he returned to the United States in 1886. At the 1888 Methodist Episcopal General Conference, held in New York City, he was elected missionary bishop of India and Malaysia. He published the book ''My Missionary Apprenticeship'' in 1884, a history of twenty-five years in India, and a collection entitled ''Missionary Sermons'' in 1888. Other works included ''The Deaconess and her Vocation'' (1893), ''Christless Nations'' (1894), ''The Church of Pentecost'' (1899), ''Life of Isabella Thoburn'' (1903), ''The Christian Conquest of India'' (1906), ''India and Southern Asia'' (1907), and ''God's Heroes Our Examples'' (1914).<br />
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Thoburn retired in 1908 to [[Meadville, Pennsylvania|Meadville]]. He died on November 28, 1922, aged 86.<br />
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Thoburn was the uncle of [[YWCA]] leader [[Mabel Cratty]].<ref name="NYT obit">{{cite news|title=Y.W.C.A. Leader, Mabel Cratty, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0630.html|work=New York Times|date=February 28, 1928|access-date=October 28, 2013}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Bishops of the United Methodist Church]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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*Methodism: Ohio Area (1812–1962), edited by John M. Versteeg, Litt.D., D.D. (Ohio Area Sesquicentennial Committee, 1962).<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/fhxvq James Mills Thoburn papers, 1910-1922] at Pitts Theology Library, [[Candler School of Theology]]<br />
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