Arthur Neve | |
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 Dr. Arthur Neve, a medical missionary who served the people of Kashmir for 37 years | |
| Born | 24 December 1859 Brighton, England |
| Died | 5 September 1919 Kashmir |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Doctor and Medical Missionary |
| Known for | Build and ran the Kashmir Medical Missionary |
| Relatives | Dr. Ernest Neve, Brother; Nora Neve, niece |
Arthur Neve, MD (1859–1919) was a doctor and Christian medical missionary who felt the call to serve abroad early on in life. As a well distinguished medic, Neve willingly left home at a young age when he was called to Kashmir to continue the medical missions of Dr. Theodore Maxwell and Dr. William Elmsie. He moved to Asia and never looked back, soon becoming the head of the Kashmir Medical Mission where he would go on to serve the sick in Kashmir for the next thirty four years by building the Kashmir Mission Hospital with his brother, Ernest. Influenced by his strong roots in his religion, Neve served the people of Kashmir while also spreading his Christian message to a predominantly Muslim and Brahmin area.[citation needed]
He also served in World War I as a Major at the military hospitals in Brighton and France.[1] He was praised for his extraordinary work serving for his home and the injured of the war.
Neve is also remembered as an avid mountaineer for his excursions in the rural outskirts of Kashmir, as traveling and geographical research became one of his favorite hobbies while living abroad. After finishing his time serving in the war, he returned to Kashmir in 1919 where he died shortly after.
- ^ "ARTHUR NEVE, F.R.C.S.Edin". Br Med J. 2 (3070): 584. 1919-11-01. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.3070.584. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC 2343778.