List of Protestant missionaries in China

Beginning in 1807, with the arrival of Robert Morrison of the London Missionary Society

London Missionary Society

The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans and Nonconformists, largely Congregationalist in outlook, with missions in the islands of the South Pacific and Africa...

and ending in 1953 with the departure of Arthur and Wilda Mathews

Arthur Matthews (missionary)

Arthur Matthews was a Protestant Christian missionary who served with the China Inland Mission in China. He and his wife Wilda were the last foreign missionaries to leave China in 1953 following the takeover of the Communist Party of China in 1949....

of the China Inland Mission

China Inland Mission

OMF International is an interdenominational Protestant Christian missionary society, founded in Britain by Hudson Taylor on 25 June 1865.-Overview:...

, foreign Protestant missionaries lived and worked in China. The following is a list by agency of such missionaries who were specifically noteworthy to history.

Name	Chinese Name	Born	Died	Arrived in China	Province(s) Stationed
William Scott Ament William Scott Ament William Scott Ament was a missionary to China for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions from 1877, and was known as the "Father of Christian Endeavor in China." Ament became prominent as a result of his heroism during the Boxer Uprising and controversial...	梅子明	14 September 1851	8 January 1909	1877	Zhili Zhili Zhílì was a northern province in China from the Ming Dynasty until the province was dissolved in 1928 during the Republic of China era.-History:... , Beijing
Caleb Cook Baldwin Caleb Cook Baldwin Caleb Cook Baldwin was one of the first Presbyterian missionaries to Foochow, China.- Life and works :...		1820	1911	1848	Fujian Fujian ' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
Dyer Ball Dyer Ball Dyer Ball was an American missionary and medical doctor in China. Born in West Boylston, Massachusetts, Dyer Ball studied at Phillips Academy and at Yale College for two years. He graduate from Union College, New York, in 1826, and then studied Theology at Yale and Andover Theological Seminary...		June 3, 1796	1866	1841	Macao Mação Mação is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 400.0 km² and a total population of 7,763 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of eight parishes, and is located in the Santarém District.... , Hong Kong, Canton
Harlan Page Beach Harlan Page Beach Harlan Page Beach was an American missionary, brother of David Nelson Beach. He was born at South Orange, N. J., and graduated at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts in 1874, Yale in 1878, and at the Andover Theological Seminary . He was missionary to China from 1883 to 1890 and at the head...	畢海瀾	1854	March 4, 1933	1883
Willard Livingstone Beard Willard Livingstone Beard Willard Livingstone Beard was an American missionary serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Foochow, China.- Life :...	裨益知	1865	1947	1894	Fujian Fujian ' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
Henry Blodget (missionary)	與白漢理			1854	Shanghai, Tianjin Tianjin ' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government... , Beijing
Elijah Coleman Bridgman Elijah Coleman Bridgman Elijah Coleman Bridgman was the first American Protestant Christian missionary appointed to China. He served with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions...	裨治文	April 22, 1801	November 2, 1861	1830	Guangdong Guangdong Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province... ; Shanghai
James Granger Bridgman		December, 1820	December 6, 1850	1844	Shanghai
Eliza Jane Gillett Bridgman		1805	1871	1844	Guangdong Guangdong Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province... ; Shanghai; Beijing
Samuel William Bonney		March 8, 1815	July 27, 1864	1845	Hong Kong; Guangdong Guangdong Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
Seneca Cummings	簡明	1817	1856	1848	Fujian Fujian ' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
Justus Doolittle Justus Doolittle Justus Doolittle was an American Board missionary to China.-Life:Justus Doolittle was born in Rutland, New York on June 23, 1824. In 1846 he graduated from Hamilton College, and in 1849 from Auburn Theological Seminary. Having deliberately chosen China as his field of labor, he sailed for Fuhchau...	盧公明	1824	1880		Fujian Fujian ' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
Charles Hartwell Charles Hartwell Rev. Charles Hartwell was an American Board missionary to Foochow, China in the second half of the 19th century.- Life and work :Charles Hartwell was born in Lincoln, Massachusetts on December 19, 1825, and was fitted for college at Westford Academy in Westford, Massachusetts...	夏察理	1825	1905	1853	Fujian Fujian ' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
Stephen Johnson (missionary)					Zhejiang Zhejiang Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...
Walter Henry Judd		September 25, 1898	February 13, 1994	1925
Daniel Jerome MacGowan		1815	1893		Zhejiang Zhejiang Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...
Luella Miner
Peter Parker Peter Parker (physician) Peter Parker was an American physician and a missionary who introduced Western medical techniques into Qing Dynasty China. It was said that Parker "opened China to the gospel at the point of a lancet."- Early life :...	伯駕	1804	1888	1834	Guangdong Guangdong Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
Lyman Birt Peet					Fujian Fujian ' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
Horace Tracy Pitkin
Frank Joseph Rawlinson	樂靈生
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