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Alexander Williamson.
British missionary and botanical collector, active in China (1829 - 1890)
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About Alexander Williamson
Alexander Williamson was a Scottish Protestant missionary to China with the London Missionary Society. He was known for his scholarship and translation work as well as founding of the Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge Among the Chinese. He was the predecessor to Timothy Richard as head of this society.
Everything about Alexander Williamson →- Occupation
- translator, missionary, Bible translator
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- December 5, 1829
- Died
- August 28, 1890