Boudinot C. Atterbury

Boudinot Currie Atterbury (June 10, 1852 – May 21, 1930), from a wealthy New York family, trained to be a medical doctor and worked with the Presbyterian missions in China and later with Chinese communities in the United States.

Among his ancestors was Bishop Francis Atterbury as well as his grand-uncle, Elias Boudinot,[4] first president of the Continental Congress.

He built a hospital in Peking with funding from family and friends, treating the poor and training Chinese medical students.

[9] In 1894 Atterbury attended the medical mission at Pao-ting-fu whilst the resident doctor took leave.

[10] Due to ill health he left China in about 1898 and did not return, but continued his work amongst the Chinese population in Pasadena, Los Angeles and Brooklyn.

[5] After his death, his daughter Daisy returned to China to continue the missionary work and was interned in the Japanese Weihsien Compound during World War II (repatriated 1943).