Lewis Wallace (April 10, 1827 – February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, and author from Indiana. Among his novels and biographies, Wallace is best known for his historical adventure story, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), a bestselling novel that has been called “the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century.”[1] He Read more...
From Wikipedia: The 1924 Summer Olympics were hosted by the city of Paris. A devout Christian, Liddell refused to run in a heat held on Sunday and was forced to withdraw from the 100-metre race, his best event. The schedule had been published several months earlier, and his decision was made well before the Games. Liddell spent the intervening months training for Read more...
From Wikipedia: Minyuan Stadium, in Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of Tianjin Teda F.C. until the TEDA Football Stadium opened in 2004. The stadium held 18,000 spectators. Eric Liddell helped build the stadium when he was a missionary in Tianjin in 1926, modelling it on Stamford Bridge of London, which was Liddell’s favourite athletics venue. From TripAdvisor: “Free – Sports Museum shows Read more...
Named for their student, Eric Liddell. From the website: Eric Liddell is one of the most famous pupils to attend Eltham College. He joined the school in 1908 at the age of six and like all the other boys in the school at the time, Eric was the son of missionaries – his parents lived and worked in China. Eric Read more...
