Lü Jin’ai (Jan 31)
1912 ~ 2002
Pioneer of Chinese Educational Films.
Affiliation: Jinling University
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Theodore Hamburg (Jan 24)
1819 ~ 1854
Swedish missionary and translator among the Hakka.
Affiliation: Basel Mission | Locales:
Wu Jingxiong (Jan 20)
1899 ~ 1986
Noted Chinese legal scholar and writer; translator of the Psalms and the New Testament.
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Ferdinand Genähr (Jan 10)
1823 ~ 1864
Missionary among the Cantonese.
Affiliations: Rhenish (Barmen) Mission‚ Chinese Christian Union | Locale:
Mei Yibao (Dec 29)
1900 ~ 1996
Chinese Philosophy professor and university administrator.
Affiliation: Yenching University | Locales:
Gui Zhitang (Dec 7)
1895 ~ 1961
Physicist, and Christian univerisity administrator and professor.
Affiliation: Central China University | Locales:
Caroline Xu (Nov 25)
1897 ~ 1970
Wife of Zhu Youyu. Dean of Women at St. John's University; chairman of the Red Cross committee that sponsored a maternity center for refugee women; chairman of the YWCA National Board headquartered in Shanghai from 1938-39.
Affiliation: Episcopal Church | Locales:
Gao Jiancheng (Nov 18)
1888 ~
Pioneer Chinese medical missionary in Gansu.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Locales:
Cora A. Martinson (Aug 25)
1902 ~ 2000
Evangelist, Bible teacher, and college dean.
Affiliation: Lutheran United Mission | Locales:
Zhu Youyu (Aug 8)
1885 ~ 1986
Educator, chaplain, church leader
Affiliation: Episcopal Church | Locales:
Montagu Robert Lawrence (Aug 2)
1885 ~ 1971
Dr Robert Lawrence served as a medical missionary in China, first with the China Inland Mission and later with the Church Missionary Society. Born in 1885 in Dublin, he was the oldest son of Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman, last...
Affiliations: China Inland Mission‚ Church Missionary Society | Locale:
Yan Huiqing (Jul 5)
1877 ~ 1950
Distinguished civil servant under many Chinese governments over several decades.
Affiliation: Chinese Government | Locales:
Harold and Charlotte Martinson (Jun 23)
1905/1906 ~ 1970/2001
Lutheran evangelistic and teacher.
Affiliation: Lutheran United Mission | Locales:
Daniel, Jr. and Esther Nelson (Jun 13)
1902 ~ 1948
Leader of Lutheran missionary and relief work in China.
Affiliation: Lutheran United Mission | Locales:
Ruth Xu Zhou (May 27)
1901 ~ 1990
Hostess of Yanjing University.
Affiliation: Yanjing University | Locale:
Yin Renxian (May 22)
1887 ~ 1964
Distinguished civil servant; Christian educator.
Affiliations: Chinese government‚ Holy Light School | Locales:
Daniel and Anna Nelson (May 8)
1983/1984 ~ 1926/1940
Long-serving Lutheran missionaries.
Affiliations: Lutheran United Mission‚ China Mission Society (Lutheran) | Locales:
Louise Xu (Apr 26)
1803 ~ 1991
Wife and indispensable partner of Zhang Fuliang, noted worker for rural welfare.
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James Johnston (Apr 17)
1819 ~ 1905
Early English Presbyterian Missionary
Affiliation: English Presbyterian Mission | Locales:
Sophia Cooke (Apr 8)
1814 ~ 1895
Instituted and inspired extensive ecumenical social work in Singapore whose legacy continues until today.
Affiliation: Church Missionary Society | Locale: