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Robert Morrison, FRS (5 January 1782 – 1 August 1834), was an Anglo-Scottish Protestant missionary to Portuguese Macao, Qing-era Guangdong, and Dutch Malacca, who was also a pioneering sinologist, lexicographer, and translator considered the "Father of Anglo-Chinese Literature".
Morrison, Robert (1782-1834) Pioneer Protestant missionary to China. Morrison was born in Buller’s Green, Morpeth, Northumberland, England, and grew up at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Following a rudimentary education, he was apprenticed to his father as a last and boot-tree maker. He joined the Presbyterian Church in 1798.
Mar 27, 2024 · Robert Morrison (born Jan. 5, 1782, Buller’s Green, Northumberland, Eng.—died Aug. 1, 1834, Canton, China) was a Presbyterian minister, translator, and the London Missionary Society’s first missionary to China; he is considered the father of Protestant mission work there.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
As the London Missionary Society's first missionary to China, Robert Morrison is regarded as the father of Protestant mission work there. He became an important influence in the modernization of China, and helped to build a cultural understanding between the East and the West.
May 29, 2023 · Take into account the 350 million souls in China who have not the means of knowing Jesus Christ as Savior.” 3 After several more years of preparation and studying the Chinese language, he was ordained in the Scots Church in London in 1807 and sent to China as a missionary.
The First Protestant Missionary to China. In September 1807, after 113 days at sea, at age 25, Robert Morrison landed at Canton. It was a hostile environment for the Gospel. There were dangers, difficulties and restrictions on every side.
Mr. Robert Morrison, in preparation for ministry, studied astronomy, medicine, and Chinese prior to his journey to China in 1807. Passing through the continent of America, a journey totaling 222 days, he arrived safely at Yang-Zhi. He stayed in a commercial market secretly doing Christian mission work.
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