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Albert Leroy Shelton (1875-1922) was a medical doctor and a Protestant missionary in China, especially in Batang in the Kham region of eastern Tibet, from 1903 until 1922. He authored a popular book about his experiences and collected Tibetan cultural items and sold them to museums. He was shot and killed by brigands while traveling by muleback near Batang. ==Early life and family== Shelton was born 9 June 1875 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Joseph O. Shelton, a carpenter, and Emma Rosabelles Belles. In 1880 the family moved to a farm in Bourbon County, Kansas, in 1884 to Harper County, Kansas, and in 1892 to Grant County, Kansas on the Great Plains of western Kansas. He married Flora Flavia Beal (b. 28 September 1871) on 27 April 1899.〔Wissing, Douglas A. ''Pioneer in Tibet'' New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, pp. 7-24, 39〕 Shelton attended Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas and studied medicine at the University of Kentucky, graduating in 1903. That same year he was appointed as a missionary to China by the Foreign Christian Missionary Society (FCMS) of the Disciples of Christ denomination. He was ordained as a minister in San Francisco prior to his departure for China by ship on 29 September 1903.〔Wissing, pp. 33-45〕 The Sheltons had two children: Dorris Evangeline, born 25 August 1904 and Dorothy Madelon, born 27 May 1907, both in Kangding, China.〔Wissing, p. 93〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albert Shelton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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