James Cantine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American missionary and founder of Arabian Mission of the Reformed Church in America
Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1861
Place of Birth: Stone Ridge, New York, United States
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: missionary
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About James Cantine
- Reverend James Cantine, D.D.
- (March 3, 1861 – July 1, 1940) was an American missionary, scholar, and traveler.
- While studying at New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Jersey, he co-founded the Arabian Mission with John Lansing and Samuel Marinus Zwemer.
- The mission exists today as the American Mission Hospital of Bahrain.
- He was a missionary for forty years, which included establishing the first mission for the Reformed Church in Arabia, which was also the first mission in eastern Arabia.
- Between 1891 and 1929, he established mission posts, medical clinics, and churches in Arabia. His wife, Elizabeth, was a nurse and the first single woman to become a missionary in Arabia.
- Together they founded a women's clinic in Muscat, Oman, worked at missionary posts, and when the United Missions was formed, they were both representatives of the Reformed Church in America for the organization.
- Cantine co-authored the book, The Golden Milestone: Reminiscences of Pioneer Days Fifty Years in Arabia with Zwemer.
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