User:Pawyilee/Cornelius Beach Bradley

Cornelius Beach Bradley (November 18, 1843 – March 17, 1936) was born in Bangkok, Siam, to the medical missionary Dan Beach Bradley, and his first wife, Emilie Royce Bradley (1811-45). After her death, Dr. Bradley returned to America to raise funds to continue his mission. While at at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, he met Sarah Blachly (1817-93), who became his second wife on October 1, 1848. At the end of October 1849, they set sail for Siam. She undertook to prepare Cornelius for his own admission to Oberlin, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1868. He remained at Oberlin as tutor for two years, while pursuing at the same time a course in theology. He then continued his studies at the Yale Divinity School, 1870 to 1871. There he married Mary S. Comings, who died after they had two children. From 1871 until 1874 he followed in his father's footsteps as a missionary to the Siamese. He returned to America and in 1875 was appointed teacher of English and Vice-Principal of the Oakland High School (Oakland, California). In 1882 he was appointed Instructor in English in the University of California, where he continued, as Assistant Professor, and as Associate Professor, of the English Language and Literature, then as Professor of Rhetoric, in active service until his retirement in 1911. Oberlin College honored him with the M.A. degree in 1886, and the University of California, with that of LL.D. in 1926. Bradley's childhood in Siam and his activities as a missionary there gave him an interest in the people languages of that country that he always retained. He was an honorary member of the Siam Society, of Bangkok and the Royal Asiatic Society of London, and member of the American Oriental Society.