1804 — 1888
Pioneer American medical missionary who later served as U.S. Commissioner to China. He is said to have “opened China with a scalpel.”
1853 — 1912
Medical doctor, church planter, itinerant evangelist, seminary professor, translator, writer and publisher, and supporter of numerous mercy ministries. Said to have been the longest-serving Southern Baptist missionary in China.
1802 — 1871
Baptist missionary in China and supporter of the Taiping Rebellion.
1828 — 1912
Rong was the first "returned student" from America and founder of the Chinese Educational Mission. He paved the way for the first hundred Chinese to receive a state-sponsored modern education, and as a diplomat helped to stop the international coolie trade.
1624 — 1676
Jesuit missionary in China.
1543 — 1607
Jesuit pioneer missionary in China.
1802 — 1837
Pioneer missionary among the international seafaring community of Canton and Whampoa.
1866 — 1925
“Christian” revolutionary. Because he led the overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty and established the Republic of China, he is called “The Father of the Country.” His relationship to Christianity is complicated.
1858 — 1913
Pioneer in modern education; early diplomat
1859 — 1937
German missionary in China and prolific writer.
1881 — 1958
Presiding judge of the ROC Supreme Court, Minister of Justice, and a member of the Permanent Court of International Justice.
1895 — 1981
Educator; wife of Zhao Enci