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Born January 5, 1782 • England
Died August 1, 1834 (aged 52) • Guangzhou • China
Subjects Of Study Chinese languages
Robert Moffat, oil painting by William Scott, 1842; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Moffat
British missionary
Mary Elizabeth Wood
American librarian and missionary
Giovanni da Montecorvino
Franciscan missionary
Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang
Chinese author
Yan Fu
Chinese scholar
Xu Guangqi
Xu Guangqi
Chinese official
H.A. Giles
British scholar
Kumarajiva
Buddhist scholar
Amiot, Jean-Joseph-Marie
Jean-Joseph-Marie Amiot
Jesuit missionary
Francis Xavier Ford
American missionary
Giulio Aleni
Italian priest
Paramārtha
Indian Buddhist missionary and translator
Saint Methodius
Christian theologian
Saint Cyril
Christian theologian
Wang Hongwen
Chinese politician
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
president of United States
The Yongle emperor, detail of a portrait; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Yongle
emperor of Ming dynasty
Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan
emperor of Yuan dynasty
Kangxi
emperor of Qing dynasty