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Morrison, Robert
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First missionary to China, and Chinese scholar, born of Scottish parentage at Morpeth; entered the Independent ministry, and was sent to Macao and Canton by the London Missionary Society in 1807; in 1814 he published a Chinese version of the New Testament, and in 1819 of the Old Testament; in 1823 his great Chinese Dictionary was published at the expense of the East India Company; returning to England in 1824, he went out again 10 years later as interpreter to Lord Napier, and died at Canton (1782-1834).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Morrison, Robert'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/m/morrison-robert.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Morrison, Robert'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/m/morrison-robert.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
