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Dr. Eugene Celadon van Cooten | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1820 |
| Died | 1851 (aged 30–31) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Education | Islington Institution |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | doctor, surgeon, medical missionary, missionary |
Eugene C. Van Cooten (1820-1851) was a Dutch surgeon and missionary.[1] He worked at Islington College, a part of the Church Missionary Society College, Islington in London and traveled to the Badagry mission in Nigeria in March 1850.[2] He was among the first missionaries to work at the Yoruba mission in Badagry within the Church Missionary Society.[3] He served from 1850 to 1851.[3] Along with classmates, E. G. Irving and A. A. Harrison, they sacrificed their lives for their missionary work.[1] He died in 1851.[4]
- ^ a b Church Missionary Society. "Chapter VII: Forty Years Ago." One Hundred Years: Being the Short History of the Church Missionary Society, 3rd ed., Church Missionary Society, 1899, pp. 85.
- ^ Stock, Eugene. "Three Missions and Three Bishops ." The History of the Church Missionary Society: Its Environment, Its Men and Its Work, Church Missionary Soc., 1899, p. 117.
- ^ a b Schram, Ralph. "The Missionary Movement in the West ." A History of the Nigerian Health Services with an Introduction by Sir Samuel Manuwa, Ibadan University Press, 1971, pp. 59–78.
- ^ "Van Cooten Voices." Eugene Celadon Van Cooten b. Abt 1820 d. 13 Mar 1851 Badagry, Yoruba, Nigeria: Van Cooten Genealogy, www.vc.id.au/gen/getperson.php?personID=I60&tree=vc.