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Joseph Edkins

19 December 1823 - 23 April 1905

[English] Joseph Edkins (b. 1823 in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England; d. 1905 in Shanghai, Kiangsu, China) was a British Protestant missionary who spent 57 years in China, 30 of them in Beijing (Peking). As a Sinologue, he specialized in Chinese religions. Edkins was also a linguist, a translator, and a philologist. He wrote many books about the Chinese language and the Chinese religions especially Buddhism.

[Deutsch] Joseph Edkins (* 1823 in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England; † 1905 in Shanghai, Kiangsu, China) war ein britischer protestantischer Missionar, der 57 Jahre in China, davon 30 in Beijing (Peking) verbrachte. Als Sinologe war er spezialisiert auf chinesische Religionen. Edkins war auch Sprachwissenschaftler, Übersetzer und Philologe. Er schrieb viele Bücher über die chinesische Sprache und die chinesischen Religionen, insbesondere den Buddhismus.

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  • Cover of: Introduction to the study of the Chinese characters

    First published in 1876 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The recent changes at Peking ; and, Recollections of Peking

    First published in 1902 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A vocabulary of the Shanghai dialect.

    First published in 1869 1 edition — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Chinese language, History, Religion, Dialects, Buddhism, Conversation and phrase books, Description and travel, Tone, Tones, Appropriations and expenditures, Banks and banking, Bouddhisme, Buddha (The concept), Buddha and Buddhism, Buddhism, china, China, China, religion, Chinese Mathematics, Church membership, Civilization, Comparative Religion, Comparative and general Grammar, Comparative linguistics, Confucianism, Confucius and Confucianism
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China, Beijing (China), Beijing, Iran, Peking

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  • Rev. Dr. Joseph Edkins
  • Joseph. Edkins
  • J. Edkins

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
January 29, 2011 Edited by marycee Added new photo
January 29, 2011 Edited by marycee added short bio, life dates, Wikipedia link
January 29, 2011 Edited by marycee merge authors