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Walter Medhurst was born on April 29, 1796, in London, United Kingdom.
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English And Chinese Dictionary: In Two Volumes; Volume 1
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The Foreigner in far Cathay, etc.
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A Dictionary of the Hok-Keen Dialect of the Chinese Language; According to the Reading and Colloquial Idioms: Containing about 12.000 Characters ...
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A Dictionary of the Hok Keen Dialect of the Chinese Language According to the Reading and Colloquial Idioms Containing about 12 000 Characters
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A Dissertation On The Theology Of The Chinese, : With A View To The Elucidation Of The Most Appropriate Term For Expressing The Diety In The Chinese Language. FACSIMILE
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Chinese And English Dictionary: Containing All The Word In The Chinese Imperiale Dictionary, Arranged According To The Radicals; Volume 2
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China- Its State and Prospects
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China- Its State and Prospects Walter Henry Medhurst, English missionary to China (1796-1857) This ebook presents «China- Its State and Prospects», from Walter Henry Medhurst. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents - About This Book - Chronology And Extent - Probable Population - Census Of The Population - Reflections On The Population - The Civilization Of China - Government And Laws - Language And Literature - The Religions Of China
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Walter Henry Medhurst
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Medhurst was educated at St Paul's School. Then he studied at Hackney College under George Collison.
Career
He learned the business of a printer, and having become interested in Christian missions he sailed in 1816 for the London Missionary Society's station at Malacca, which was intended to be a great printing-centre. He became proficient in Malay, in a knowledge of the written characters of Chinese, and in the colloquial use of more than one of its dialects. He was ordained at Malacca in 18T9, and engaged in missionary labours, first at Penang, then at Batavia, and finally, when peace was concluded with China in 1842, at Shanghai. There he continued till 1856, laying the foundations of a successful mission. His principal labour for several years, as one of a committee of delegates, was in the revision of existing Chinese versions of the Bible. The result was a version (in High Wen-li) marvellously correct and faithful to the original. With John Stronach he also translated the New Testament into the Mandarin dialect of Nanking. His Chinese-English and English- Chinese dictionaries (each in 2 vols. ) are still valuable, and to him the British public owed its understanding of the teaching of Hung-Sew-Tseuen, the leader of the Tai-ping rising (1851-1864).
Medhurst left Shanghai in 1856 in failing health, and died two days after reaching London, on January 24, 1857.
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A Dissertation On The Theology Of The Chinese, : With A View To The Elucidation Of The Most Appropriate Term For Expressing The Diety In The Chinese Language. FACSIMILE
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China- Its State and Prospects
(China- Its State and Prospects Walter Henry Medhurst, Eng...)
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The Foreigner in far Cathay, etc.
(Mark Twain once famously said "there was but one solitary...)
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A Dictionary of the Hok-Keen Dialect of the Chinese Language; According to the Reading and Colloquial Idioms: Containing about 12.000 Characters ...
(A Dictionary of the Hok Keen Dialect of the Chinese Langu...)
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English And Chinese Dictionary: In Two Volumes; Volume 1
( This work has been selected by scholars as being cultur...)
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Chinese And English Dictionary: Containing All The Word In The Chinese Imperiale Dictionary, Arranged According To The Radicals; Volume 2
( This work has been selected by scholars as being cultur...)
- Journal of a tour along the coast of Java and Bali
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A Dissertation On The Theology Of The Chinese, : With A View To The Elucidation Of The Most Appropriate Term For Expressing The Diety In The Chinese Language. FACSIMILE
Connections
Walter Medhurst was married to Elizabeth Braune Martin, they had two children.
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January 24, 1857 (aged 60) -
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Abney Park Cemetery, London, England, United Kingdom -
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Religion
congregationalist