ABSTRACT
Edward Coode Hore was a particularly cold and guarded individual who revealed little of his personal background in either his missionary correspondence or in his published works. Generally disliked by his colleagues, it is not surprising that he is seldom mentioned by them other than in criticisms of his policies and attitudes. Physically, Hore freed himself from that close environment by going to sea, but psychologically he was bound to the Methodist, lower middle class values instilled in him by his mother, Charlotte Hore. While his professional advancement was rapid, his social adjustment to his shipmates was not. Steadily working on then, visiting nearly every part of the world, serving on more than twenty different vessels, he passed through all the grades of apprentice, able seaman, boatswain, third, second and chief officer, and master-passing all his examinations in his own port of London.
