KARL See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

FRIEDRICH See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

AUGUST See also:

• KARL FRIEDRICH AUGUST GUTZLAFF (1803–1851)

GUTZLAFF (1803–1851)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German missionary to See also:

• CHINA

China, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PYRITZ

Pyritz in See also:

• POMERANIA (German, Pommern)

Pomerania on the 8th of See also:

• JULY

July 1803 . When still apprenticed to a saddler in See also:

• STETTIN

Stettin, he made known his missionary inclinations to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, through whom he went to the Padagogium at See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, and afterwards to the See also:

• MISSION

mission See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute of Janike in See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin . In 1826, under the auspices of the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands Missionary Society, Pe went to See also:

• JAVA

Java, where he was able to learn See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese . Leaving the society in 1828, he went to See also:

• SINGAPORE (Malay, Singapiira, i.e. " The City of the Lion")

Singapore, and in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August of the same See also:

• YEAR

year removed to See also:

• BANGKOK

Bangkok, where he translated the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible into Siamese . In 1829 he married an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady, who aided him in the preparation of a See also:

• DICTIONARY

dictionary of See also:

• COCHIN
• COCHIN, DENYS MARIE PIERRE AUGUSTIN (1851L'Evolution de la vie (1895); Le Monde exterieur (1845); Contre les barbares (1899)

Cochin Chinese, but she died in August 1831 before its completion . Shortly after her See also:

• DEATH

death he sailed to See also:

• MACAO (A-Ma-ngao, " Harbour of the goddess A-Ma "; Port. Macau)

Macao in China, where, and subsequently at Hong See also:

• KONG

Kong, he worked at a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the Bible into Chinese, published a Chinese monthly See also:

• MAGAZINE

magazine, and wrote in Chinese various books on subjects of useful knowledge . In 1834 he published at See also:

• LONDON

London a See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of Three Voyages along the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

Coast of China in 1831, 1832 and 1833 . He was appointed in 1835 See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint Chinese secretary to the English See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission, and during the See also:

• OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

opium See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of 1840–42 and the negotiations connected with the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace that followed he rendered valuable service by his knowledge of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country and See also:

• PEOPLE

people . The Chinese authorities refusing to permit foreigners to penetrate into the interior, See also:

• GUTZLAFF, KARL FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1803–1851)

Gutzlaff in 1844 founded an institute for training native missionaries, which was so successful that during the first four years as many as See also:

• FORTY

forty-eight Chinese were sent out from it to See also:

• WORK

work among their See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-countrymen . He died at Hong Kong on the 9th of August 1851 . Gutzlaff also wrote A See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

Sketch of Chinese See also:

• HISTORY

History, See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient and See also:

• MODERN

Modern (London, 1834), and a similar work published in German at See also:

• STUTTGART

Stuttgart in 1847; China Opened (1838); and the See also:

• LIFE

Life of Taow-Kwang (1851; German edition published at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig in 1852) . A See also:

• COMPLETE

complete collection of his Chinese writings is contained in the library at See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich .