See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• MORRISON, ARTHUR (1863– )
• MORRISON, RICHARD JAMES (1795-1874)
• ROBERT MORRISON (1782-1834)

MORRISON (1782-1834)  , the first See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant missionary to See also:

• CHINA

China, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of Scottish parents at See also:

• BULLER, CHARLES (1806–1848)
• BULLER, SIR REDVERS HENRY (1839-1908)

Buller's See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green, near See also:

• MORPETH

Morpeth, on the•5th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1782 . After receiving an elementary See also:

• EDUCATION

education in See also:

• NEWCASTLE
• NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF

Newcastle, he was apprenticed to a lastmaker, but his spare See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours were given to See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology, and in 1803 he was received into the See also:

• INDEPENDENT

Independent See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy at Hoxton . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he offered his services to the See also:

• LONDON

London Missionary Society, and after he had attended See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• BOGUE, DAVID (1750-1825)

Bogue's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college at See also:

• GOSPORT

Gosport and studied See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese under a native teacher, he was appointed to See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

Canton in 1807 . After a year of much hardship he became translator to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company's factory there in 1809, and worked at a Chinese See also:

• GRAM

Gram-See also:

• MAR, EARLDOM OF
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 1ST OR 6TH EARL OF (d. 1572)
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 2ND OR 7TH EARL
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 6TH OR 11TH EARL OF (1675-1732)

mar and a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the New Testament, both published in 1814 . In 1817 he published A View of China for Philological Purposes, and his translation of the Old Testament (in which See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Milne collaborated) was completed in the following year . His next enterprise was the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment (182o) of an Anglo-Chinese college at Malacca for " the reciprocal cultivation of Chinese and See also:

• EUROPEAN

European literature." Here too were trained native Chinese evangelists who could proceed to the mainland and carry on See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• WORK

work with See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative See also:

• IMMUNITY (from Lat. immunis, not subject to a munus or public service)

immunity . In 1821 Morrisons's Chinese See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary, in six 4to volumes, a monumental work, was published by the East India Company, at a cost of £12,000 . Leaving China at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of 1823, See also:

• MORRISON, ARTHUR (1863– )
• MORRISON, RICHARD JAMES (1795-1874)
• MORRISON, ROBERT (1782-1834)

Morrison spent two years in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, where he was elected a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the Royal Society . Returning to China in 1826, he set himself to promote education and to prepare a Chinese commentary on the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible and other Christian literature . He died at Canton on the 1st of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1834 . Morrison was admirably fitted for the pioneering work accomplished by his See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar and dictionary; and his establishment of a dispensary, manned by a native who had learned the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main principles of European treatment, marks him out as the forerunner of See also:

• MODERN

modern medical See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions . His See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs, compiled by his widow, were published in 1839 .

See also R . Lovett, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the London Missionary Society, vol. ii. ch. xix . ; C . S . See also:

• HORNE, GEORGE (1730-1792)
• HORNE, RICHARD HENRY, or HENGIST (1803–1884)
• HORNE, THOMAS HARTWELL (178o-1862)

Horne, The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story of the L . M . S. ch. v.; Townsend, See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Morrison (,888) .