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Milo Thornberry (唐培禮牧師)

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Milo Thornberry (唐培禮牧師)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Milo Thornberry
  • Chinese: 唐培禮牧師
  • Era: -
  • Geography: TEXAS
  • Core roles: professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Quotes

《撲火飛蛾》(Fireproof Moth)作者美國宣教師唐培禮（Milo Thornberry）去世 ◎台灣公義電子報綜合報導 — TJJ tag-page headline for the 2017-03-12 obituary of this person (third-person memorial headline, not a first-person statement) — TJJ tag 「去世」, archived 2022-01-27.

Education

  • Texas Wesleyan College
  • Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University
  • 波士頓大學 — 宣教與世界宗教神學博士學位

Employment

  • 衛理公會 — 1965- — 傳教士
  • 台灣神學院 — 教會歷史副教授
  • National Council of Churches
  • Emory University — 宣教資源中心主任
  • 亞特蘭大大學 — 教派際神學中心主任

Role in the Community

  • His own memoir 《撲火飛蛾》is held in the TAH story corpus alongside his first-person account of the Peng Ming-min escape: 12 and 12.
  • Personal-side corpus record: 02 — with wife Connie Meugniot Thornberry.
  • 2017 memorial coverage in the corpus: 2017; his own TAH encyclopedia entry is 01.
  • His memoir is recommended in our corpus as required White-Terror reading for the 228 commemoration reading list: 《Fireproof Moth: A Missionary in Taiwan’s White Terror》is described there as a 65,000-word first-person account of his double life teaching church history at Presbyterian seminaries while he and his wife secretly aided Peng Ming-min and two former students in human-rights work that carried capital-crime risk under martial law — Remembering the 228 Massacre: Readings & Resources on Taiwan’s White Terror Era.
  • Honored publicly with 唐秋詩 (Judith Thomas) at a TAHS banquet in Irvine, CA, 2011-10-08 — around the period of the 《Fireproof Moth》/《不怕死的飛蛾》US promotion that also included the 2011-11-18 George Washington University panel — Banquet Honoring Rev. Milo Thornberry & Judith Thomas in Irvine, CA.

Family

  • Wife: Connie Meugniot Thornberry
  • HOLD: conflict on spouse — the 2011 GWU panel account names his companion as 唐秋詩 (Judith Thomas), arrived Taiwan 1965, co-partner in the Peng Ming-min escape (VOA via TJJ, 2011-11-23), and the 2011 Irvine banquet honors the two of them together (Banquet Honoring Rev. Milo Thornberry & Judith Thomas in Irvine, CA), while the corpus’s own 2016 personal essay credits Connie Meugniot Thornberry (02). Possibly two marriages (Judith in the 1965–1971 Taiwan period, Connie later) — unconfirmed, not auto-merged.

Sources

Network

  • |PCT — TAH Who’s Who

From the record

  • 2017-03-12 — TJJ tag 「去世」 page (archived 2022-01-27): the tag listing’s lead item is the obituary headline 《撲火飛蛾》(Fireproof Moth)作者美國宣教師唐培禮（Milo Thornberry）去世 ◎台灣公義電子報綜合報導, dated March 12, 2017 — confirming the site itself indexes this person under 去世 by full name + book title, not a surname-only match; the tag page also carries 六四時任北京市長陳希同去世 (VOA 2013-06-05) and 賈伯斯/科技 news items as unrelated co-hits (TJJ tag 去世, archived 2022-01-27).

  • 2017-03-12 — TJJ category 「台美人向唐培理唐秋詩致敬」 (cat=265, archived 2023-12-08): the dedicated category page for the salute campaign lists 唐培理牧師：美知台白色恐怖但保持緘默 (VOA 2011-11-23), the 2017-03-12 去世 obituary, and the 10082011 salute post — i.e. the salute-to-Thornberry material is curated as its own TJJ category, snapshot confirming the 2011-10-08 event is a standing corpus topic there (TJJ cat=265, archived 2023-12-08).

  • 2011-10-08 — FAPA 南加州柑縣/洛杉磯/聖地牙哥三分會聯合致敬餐會「向唐培理牧師 唐秋詩博士致敬」at Atrium Hotel, Irvine CA (Salute to Rev. Milo Thornberry and Dr. Judith Thomas, 5:00 pm): the event write-up states the couple orchestrated Peng Ming-min’s 1970-01-02 escape, disclosed their role only in December 2003, were arrested and expelled from Taiwan in 1971, blacklisted by the US State Department and denied passports for nineteen years; Peng’s 2009 《逃亡》(A Perfect Escape) details the Thornberrys’ crucial role; at the banquet 唐培理牧師 introduced the book and signed copies, with a Peng interview filmed by 蔡至兼 shown because Peng could not attend (林文政/FAPA-LA) — this TJJ archive is the event’s own write-up, distinct from the works-corpus banquet file already linked above (TJJ 10082011 salute write-up, archived 2024-03-02).

  • 2017-03-12 — Featured-post variant of the same cat=265 salute category (archived 2024-03-02): same three items (VOA GWU report, 2017-03-12 obituary, 10082011 salute) surfaced as featured — corroborates the salute campaign’s curation window; no new biographical facts beyond the 2011-10-08 entry above (TJJ cat=265 featured, archived 2024-03-02).

  • 覆核（TJJ-A10120601-8, 2026-10-12）：本 slice 文章 20240302035134_root_8842b0e0aad8032f（唐培理牧師 GWU 座談「美知台白色恐怖但保持緘默」VOA 報導, 2011-11-23 刊/2024-03-02 快照）正文逐段再驗證——本傳主體即報導主角（GWU 座談「沉默的陰謀」、與妻唐秋詩 1965 來台、經魏廷朝與謝聰敏獄中紙條轉介政治犯家屬與國際特赦組織、協助彭明敏逃離、1971 年 3 月被驅逐出境、黑名單 19 年、自傳《不怕死的飛蛾》中文版 2011-12-10 台北發行等記述均確認見於正文），subject link 為真（無錯鏈、無虛鏈）；含該文 wikilink 的 2011-11-18 條目已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A10110401-6, 2026-10-12）：本 slice 文章 20240302035134_root_8842b0e0aad8032f（唐培理牧師 GWU 座談「美知台白色恐怖但保持緘默」VOA 報導, 2011-11-23 刊/2024-03-02 快照）正文逐段再驗證——本傳主體即報導主角（GWU 座談「沉默的陰謀」、與妻唐秋詩 1965 來台、經魏廷朝與謝聰敏獄中紙條轉介政治犯家屬與國際特赦組織、協助彭明敏逃離、1971 年 3 月被驅逐出境、黑名單 19 年、自傳《不怕死的飛蛾》中文版 2011-12-10 台北發行等記述均確認見於正文），subject link 為真（無錯鏈、無虛鏈）；含該文 wikilink 的 2011-11-18 條目已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A10100701-9, 2026-10-11）：本 slice 文章 20240302035134_root_8842b0e0aad8032f（唐培理牧師 GWU 座談「美知台白色恐怖但保持緘默」VOA 報導, 2011-11-23 刊/2024-03-02 快照）正文再驗證——本傳主體即報導主角（GWU 座談「沉默的陰謀」、與妻唐秋詩 1965 來台、協助彭明敏逃離、1971 年 3 月被驅逐出境、黑名單 19 年、自傳中文版 2011-12-10 台北發行等記述均確認見於正文），subject link 為真（無錯鏈、無虛鏈）；含該文 wikilink 的 2011-11-18 條目已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A10100401-3, 2026-10-10）：本 slice 文章 74f89ee82c85dc78（《撲火飛蛾》唐培禮訃聞＋鄭世璋新使者文, 兩存檔, 2017-03-12）正文再驗證——本傳主體即訃聞主角（2017-03-08 歿於奧瑞岡、Katy Thornberry McNulty 唁電、1971-03-04 驅逐、Shoesmith 電文「撲火飛蛾」），subject 連結為真（無錯鏈、無虛鏈）；含該文 wikilink 的 2017-03-08 條目已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09260400-26, 2026-09-26）：本 slice 文章 8842b0e0aad8032f（唐培理 GWU 座談 VOA 報導） 正文再驗證——subject 連結為真實提及，無錯鏈、無虛鏈；含該文 wikilink 的日期事實條目已在庫 — SKIP，已飽和。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09260400-1, 2026-09-26）：本 slice 四篇 TJJ 文章（吳澧培回憶錄前言 9a39a754、唐培禮訃聞兩存檔 74f89ee8／5d471dbe、游朝凱中央社專訪 9c697378）均為前波已吸收文章之重複存檔；本頁 subject 連結經正文再驗證為真實提及（無錯鏈、無虛鏈），含各檔 wikilink 的日期事實條目已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09240700-1, 2026-09-25）：本 slice 文章 5d471dbe（《撲火飛蛾》唐培禮訃聞 2017-03-12，含鄭世璋新使者文及「不怕火的美國飛蛾」）正文再驗證——本傳主體即訃聞主角（2017-03-08 歿、1971-03-04 驅逐、萬益士北上聲援、Shoesmith 電文「撲火飛蛾」），連結為真；2017-03-12 條目已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 複核（TJJ-A09240400-4, 2026-09-25）：本 slice 文章 8842b0e0（VOA 唐培理白色恐怖報導）正文再驗證——本傳主體即報導主角，subject link 為真（無錯鏈、無虛鏈）；2011-11-18 GWU 座談會條目（已掛該文 wikilink）已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 複核（TJJ-A09231000-1, 2026-09-25）：本 slice 4 篇 TJJ 文章（唐培禮訃聞 74f89ee8、游朝凱中央社專訪 9c697378、懷念彭昕醫師兩存檔 6763e8f4／80e2a87a）subject link 對照正文再驗證——本傳主體即訃聞主角（2017-03-08 歿於奧瑞岡）——唐培禮 連結為真（無錯鏈、無虛鏈）；對應日期事實條目（含該文 wikilink）已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09230700-1, 2026-09-24）：本 slice 唐培禮訃聞（5d471dbe, 2017-03-12）正文再驗證——本傳主體即訃聞主角（2017-03-08 歿於奧瑞岡、Katy Thornberry McNulty 唁電、1971-03-04 驅逐），連結為真；2017-03-12 條目已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 複核（TJJ-A09221500-11, 2026-09-24）：本 slice 文章 8842b0e0（VOA 唐培理白色恐怖報導轉載）正文再驗證——本傳主體即報導主角（GWU 座談會、「沉默的陰謀」、協助彭明敏離台、自傳《不怕死的飛蛾》中文版 2011-12-10 台北發行等記述均確認見於正文），subject link 為真（無錯鏈、無虛鏈）；2011-11-18 座談會條目已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 複核（TJJ-A09171100-1, 2026-09-24）：subject link 對照 slice 文章 74f89ee82c85dc78（《撲火飛蛾》作者唐培禮訃聞, TJJ 2017-03-12）正文再驗證——本傳主體即訃聞主角（2017-03-08 歿於奧瑞岡、Katy Thornberry McNulty 唁電全文），連結為真；2017-03-08 條目已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 複核（TJJ-A09162345-27, 2026-09-23）：本 slice 文章 8842b0e0（VOA 唐培理_white terror 報導, 2011-11-23）之 subject link 經正文再驗證為真實對應（本傳主體），2011-11-18 座談會事實條目已在庫（無錯鏈、無虛鏈）— SKIP，無新材料。

  • 2011-11-18 — At a small panel at George Washington University, Thornberry said the US government knew of the White Terror under Chiang but kept a “conspiracy of silence” out of national-interest calculations, and feared Taiwan’s interests would again be sacrificed for US interests in China; he and wife 唐秋詩 (Judith Thomas), having arrived in Taiwan in 1965, relayed via prison notes from 謝聰敏 and 魏廷朝 the fate of disappeared political prisoners to their families and to Amnesty International, later helped the sentenced Peng Ming-min escape Taiwan, and were arrested and expelled in March 1971 — himself then blacklisted and denied a US passport for 19 years; his memoir 《不怕死的飛蛾》(Fireproof Moth — A Missionary in Taiwan’s White Terror) had appeared in February with a Chinese edition launched in Taipei 2011-12-10 (VOA via TJJ, 2011-11-23).

  • 2017-03-08 — TJJ memorial report: the author of 《撲火飛蛾》(Fireproof Moth), the US Methodist missionary who helped smuggle Peng Ming-min out of Taiwan in 1970, died in Oregon; expelled from Taiwan by the ROC government on 1971-03-04 on ‘terrorist’ charges and denied a US passport for 19 years. Daughter Katy Thornberry McNulty’s obituary email reproduced in full (TJJ, 2017-03-12).

  • 2017-03-12 — Second TJJ copy of the memorial, appended with 鄭世璋’s 新使者 essay: during the house arrest Rev. Roland Van Es (萬益士) took a train from Tainan to stand silently outside the surrounded missionary residence in solidarity; State Dept China-affairs officer Thomas P. Shoesmith’s 1971-03-09 cable to Oscar Armstrong mocked the Taiwan-watching missionaries as a group of self-styled ‘fireproof moths’; memorial held 2017-03-18 at Bend United Methodist Church, Oregon (TJJ, 2017-03-12).

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09251000-1, 2026-09-26）：本 slice 文章 5d471dbe（唐培禮訃聞 2017-03-12）——本頁為訃聞主角：2017-03-08 於奧瑞岡州逝世、1971年被驅逐、協助彭明敏1970年逃亡等記述確認見於正文（無錯鏈、無虛鏈）；含該文 wikilink 的條目已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（DEEPEN-X10110200-6, 2026-10-12）：本輪以 Milo Thornberry／唐培禮／唐培理／Thornberry 重掃 works/articles/sources/events/topics 全部語料目錄——實質語料命中即本頁已掛 wikilink 的 8 檔（publications937 撲火飛蛾自傳、ourjourneys194 彭明敏逃亡倒數計時、mystories396 唐培禮夫婦聖誕禮物、mystories534 阿圖賽紀念文、772 TAH 百科條目、228 白恐閱讀書單、2011 Irvine 晚宴、以及訃聞系列 TJJ 存檔），其餘命中為全文索引/清單頁（works/index.md、sources/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org.md、MANIFEST.jsonl）與同名誤中（Thornberry 為常見英文姓氏之一般新聞頁），無未吸收之傳記材料 — saturated，無新材料；last_reviewed 更新至本日。

  • 覆核（DEEPEN-X10120400-11, 2026-10-12）：本輪以 唐培禮／唐培理／Milo Thornberry／Thornberry 重掃 works/articles/sources/events/topics——實質語料命中仍為本頁已掛 wikilink 的 8 檔（publications937、ourjourneys194、mystories396、mystories534、772 TAH 條目、228 白恐書單、2011 Irvine 晚宴、TJJ 訃聞系列）；另有 436 篇 2026 taiwanjustice tag 頁命中，經抽樣驗證其內容僅為側欄導覽連結「台美人向唐培理唐秋詩致敬」與 tang-peili 反向連結，無傳記材料 — saturated，無新材料；last_reviewed 維持本日。

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