My Life in China and America · Character
Dr. Robert Morrison
Pioneering Protestant missionary to China, translator of the Bible.
minor
Also known as Morrison, Robert, Dr. Morrison, Robert Morrison
First appearance: i boyhood
Dr. Robert Morrison shows up with force in II: School Days. The page is where that presence becomes real.
His death inspired the founding of the Morrison Education Society, and his dictionary and Bible translation are highlighted as foundational.
Dr. Robert Morrison first appears in 0003 i boyhood.
In II: School Days: His death inspired the founding of the Morrison Education Society, and his dictionary and Bible translation are highlighted as foundational.
Later, in XI: Reflections on the Taiping Rebellion: First English Protestant missionary to China, whose Bible translation influenced Hung Siu Chune.
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- Key Figures in Yung Wing's Life
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Yung Wing’s emotional peak is the collision between his personal honor—the joint ministership to Washington—an…
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