Miner Searle Bates
1897 ~ 1978
American missionary in China and missiologist.
Affiliation: United Christian Missionary Society
Nanjing is the capital of China's Jiangsu Province and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and culture. Nanjing has served as the capital of China during several historical periods, and is listed as one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China.
Ruth Mei-en Tsao Chai
A devout Christian and one of the first women admitted into a national university in China.
George Ashmore Fitch
1883 ~ 1979
YMCA worker in China.
Affiliation: Young Men's Christian Association | Other Locales:
Pauline G. Hamilton
1915 ~ 1988
Known to many as “Dr. P” in English and “Grandma Han” in Chinese, she won the hearts of thousands during her faith-filled ministry to delinquent boys, students, and many others in Mainland China and Taiwan.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Other Locales:
Lydia Brown Hipps
1890 ~ 1925
American missionary who served at Ginling (Jinling) College as the head of the Music Department (1917-21); Acting Dean of Women and head of the Music Department of Shanghai College (1921-25).
Affiliation: Jinling College | Other Locales:
Hong Xiuquan
1814 ~ 1864
Chinese revolutionary leader and "Heavenly King" of the Taiping Rebellion.
Affiliation: Taiping Tianguo | Other Locales:
John Gillespie Magee
1884 ~ 1953
Missionary in China who captured film documentation of the Nanking Massacre.
Affiliation: American Protestant Episcopal Mission
Wilson Plumer Mills
1883 ~ 1959
Recipient of the Order of the Green Jade in recognition of his work in Nanking during World War II.
Affiliation: American Presbyterian Mission
Francis Wilson Price
1895 ~ 1974
Presbyterian missionary in China who established the Rural Training Center and served as China's advocate in America during World War II.
Affiliations: American Presbyterian Mission , Nanjing Union Theological Seminary
Karl Ludvig Reichelt
1877 ~ 1952
Norwegian Lutheran missionary to China, scholar of Chinese religion, and founder of Christian Mission to Buddhists.
Affiliation: Christian Mission to Buddhists | Other Locales:
Issachar Jacox Roberts
1802 ~ 1871
Baptist missionary in China and supporter of the Taiping Rebellion.
Affiliation: American Southern Baptist Mission | Other Locales:
John Leighton Stuart
1876 ~ 1962
Missionary educator, first president of Yenching University and American ambassador to the Republic of China.
Affiliation: Yenching University | Other Locales:
Matilda Calder Thurston
1875 ~ 1958
Missionary, teacher, and founder of Ginling College, China.
Affiliation: American Presbyterian Mission | Other Locales:
Minnie Vautrin
1886 ~ 1941
American missionary who heroically saved the lives of many women at the Ginling Girls College during the Nanjing Massacre.
Affiliation: United Christian Missionary Society
John Elias Williams
1871 ~ 1927
Presbyterian missionary devoted to higher education who contributed to the development of the University of Nanking.
Affiliation: American Presbyterian Mission
Robert Orr Wilson
1906 ~ 1967
Medical missionary in China during the Japanese occupation of Nanjing.
Affiliation: University of Nanjing Hospital