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Gamewell, Frank D. (Francis Dunlap Gamewell) (1857 ~ 1950)
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Gamewell, Frank D. (Francis Dunlap Gamewell) (1857 ~ 1950)

Defender of the Methodist mission during the Boxer Rebellion Gamewell received world acclaim for organizing the defense of the Methodist Mission and the British Legation in Peking (Beijing) during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. Born in South Carolina, he earned three degrees from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, but was also trained in engineering at Rensselaer...