Background
Bridgman, Elijah Coleman was born on April 22, 1801 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Theodore and Lucretia (Warner) Bridgman.
Bridgman, Elijah Coleman was born on April 22, 1801 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Theodore and Lucretia (Warner) Bridgman.
Graduate Amherst College, 1826, Andover Theological Seminary, 1829.
Became missionary in China, 1829. Joint secretary Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1834. A founder Morision Education Society, Medical Missionary Society.
Member North. China branch Royal Asiatic Society, editor of its journal.
Published Chinese Repository, 1832-1847, Chinese Christomathy, 1841.
Member North. China branch Royal Asiatic Society, editor of its journal.
Married Eliza Jane Gillett, June 28, 1845.