PRESLER, Henry Hughes. Valley City, Barnes County, North Dakota 8.11.1908 — Fargo North Dakota 7.11.1998. Rev. U.S. Missionary in India. Son of Henry A. Presler. Studies at North Dakota State University (B.S.), Boston University School of Theology (B.D.), and University of Chicago (Ph.D.). Worked in India for United Methodist Board of Missions in 1937-72, mainly at Leonard Theological Seminary in Jabalpur. Married Marion Constance Anders (1911–2005), children.

Publications: Social thought in Benares. 180 p. Lucknow 1941.

– Helping Foreigners to Understand Hinduism. 72 p. Lucknow 1954.

– “Patronage for public religious institutions in India”, Numen 20, 1973, 116-124.

– Introducing strangers to Hinduism. 342 p. Allahabad 1978.

– Search for credible religious healing among Muslims, Hindus, Christians. 156 p. Delhi 1993; The Mid-India practice of toleration within Islam, Christianity, Hinduism. 321 p. Delhi 1996.

Sources: findagrave.com; obituary of his widow in www.inforum.com/content/marion-ca-presler-1.