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Lü Jin’ai (Jan 31)

1912 ~ 2002

Pioneer of Chinese Educational Films.

Affiliation: Jinling University

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.

Locales:

Wang Yihui (Jan 16)

1899 ~

Prominent physician and medical educator.

Locales:

Ferdinand Genähr (Jan 10)

1823 ~ 1864

Missionary among the Cantonese.

Affiliations: Rhenish (Barmen) Mission‚  Chinese Christian Union  |  Locale:

Tao Xingzhi (Jan 4)

1891 ~ 1946

Educational reformer.

Locales:

Mei Yibao (Dec 29)

1900 ~ 1996

Chinese Philosophy professor and university administrator.

Affiliation: Yenching University  |  Locales:

Lin Yutang (Dec 21)

1895 ~ 1976

Famous Chinese writer.

Locales:

Cai A-fu (Dec 14)

Printer, Morrison's first convert.

Locale:

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:

Zhou Xiezhang (Aug 16)

1892 ~ 1945

Prominent educator

Affiliation: Yanjing University  |  Locale:

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.

Locales:

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:

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