Early Life and Education in Scotland
John William Arthur was the son of John W. Arthur, a Glasgow businessman of firm evangelical Christian convictions. Arthur wanted to be a missionary from an early age. He was educated at Glasgow Academy and Glasgow University from where he graduated M.B., Ch.B. (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery) in 1903. He graduated with the Doctor of Medicine degree M.D. in 1906. He was ordained (following a special short course in theology) as a minister of the Church of Scotland in 1915 and was married in 1921.
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