# Dr. Robert Morrison — My Life in China and America character guide

> Dr. Robert Morrison in My Life in China and America by Yung Wing.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Morrison, Robert, Dr. Morrison, Robert Morrison

**First appearance:** 0003-i-boyhood

## Who they are

Pioneering Protestant missionary to China, translator of the Bible.

## In the story

### [II: School Days](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_life_in_china_and_america_se/chapters/ii-school-days)

His death inspired the founding of the Morrison Education Society, and his dictionary and Bible translation are highlighted as foundational.

### [XI: Reflections on the Taiping Rebellion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_life_in_china_and_america_se/chapters/xi-reflections-on-the-taiping-rebellion)

First English Protestant missionary to China, whose Bible translation influenced Hung Siu Chune.

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