Susannah Jane Rankin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Susannah Jane Rankin

Welsh Congregational minister and missionary

Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1897

Place of Birth: Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 24-Jul-1989

Profession: missionary, minister, linguist

Nationality: Wales

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Susannah Jane Rankin

  • Susannah Jane Rankin (1897 – 24 July 1989) was a Welsh Congregational minister, religious educator, linguist and translator.
  • In 1922, she was the first woman at the University of Wales to earn a Bachelor of Divinity, having studied at Bala-Bangor Theological Seminary.
  • She was ordained in 1925 at Pendref, Llanfyllin.
  • After serving as a lecturer at Lawes Theological College, she became an evangelist in Papua New Guinea (Boku Kapakapa, 1928; Saroa, 1931).
  • Rankin and her husband, Robert Rankin, were appointed Professor and Principal at Chalmers Memorial Theological College after its establishment in 1957.
  • Her husband died three years later, and she took over the role of Principal till 1964.
  • For her translation work from Welsh and English to the Motu language, Rankin received an Honorary M.A.
  • degree from the University of Wales.
  • She died in Australia in 1989.

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