Description: ""A Sketch Of The Life Of Reverend Joseph Hardy Neesima"" is a biographical book written by Jerome Dean Davis in 1894. The book tells the story of Reverend Joseph Hardy Neesima, who was a Japanese Christian leader and the founder of Doshisha University in Kyoto. Neesima was born into a samurai family in 1843, and he was the first Japanese person to receive a degree from Amherst College in Massachusetts. He returned to Japan to spread Christianity and establish Doshisha University, which was one of the first Christian universities in Japan. The book details Neesima's early life, his conversion to Christianity, his education in the United States, and his work in Japan. It also explores the challenges he faced as a Christian in Japan and his contributions to the development of Christianity and education in the country. Overall, ""A Sketch Of The Life Of Reverend Joseph Hardy Neesima"" is a fascinating account of a pioneering figure in Japanese Christianity and education.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.