Paul D. Bergen
Paul David Bergen (Chinese: 柏尔根; pinyin: Bǎi ěrgēn, July 19, 1860, Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA - August 8, 1915 Unionville, Connecticut, USA) was an American Presbyterian missionary to China in the late 19th and early 20th century.
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| Born | July 19, 1860 Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA |
| Died | August 8, 1915 (aged 55) |
| Occupation | Missionary |
| Years active | 1883 - 1913 |
| Known for | Missionary work in China |
| Spouse | Mary Isabella McKinney |
Paul D. Bergen was the son of Rev. George Providence and Mary (Bentley) Bergen.[1] He studied in Birmingham, Park College (Missouri), Parsons College (Iowa, 1876–79), Lake Forest College (Illinois, graduated 1880), Princeton Theological Seminary (New Jersey, 1880–1882), and McCormick Theological Seminary (Illinois, graduated 1883).[1] He was licensed and ordained as an evangelist by the Presbytery of Iowa in the spring of 1882 and on August 18, 1883, respectively.[1] From 1883 until 1891, he was stationed as a missionary in Jinan, Shandong, China.[1] He returned to the US for the period from 1891 to 1894, first to Chicago (1891-1892) and then at Johns Hopkins University as a student (1893).[1] In 1883 and 1884, he supplied the church at South Waukegan, Illinois.[1] He returned to Shandong in 1894, staying in Chefoo (Yantai) from 1894 to 1898, in Qingdao from 1898 to 1901, and in Tengchow (Dengzhou, part of Penglai) from 1901 to 1902.[1] From 1904 until 1913, he was president of the forerunners of Cheeloo University.[2] After this, he returned to the USA where he lived on a farm near Unionville, Connecticut.[1] He died of pernicious anemia in 1915 and was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery near Unionville.[1]
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