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David Olyphant

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David Washington Cincinnatus Olyphant (March7, 1789June10, 1851) was an American trader in the Far East and "the father of the American Mission to China". [1]

35 relations: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Baltimore, Battle of Culloden, Cairo, Charles Edward Stuart, Columbia University, Delaware and Hudson Railway, Egypt, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, George Washington, Guangzhou, History of opium in China, Hong (business), James Matheson, John Robert Morrison, Karl Gützlaff, Kentucky Educational Television, London Missionary Society, Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, New York (state), Newport, Rhode Island, Old China Trade, Olyphant & Co., Peter Parker (physician), Protestantism, Rhode Island, Richard Ward (governor), Robert Morrison (missionary), Robert Morrison Olyphant, Samuel Wells Williams, The Canton Register, The Chinese Repository, The New York Times, Timothy Olyphant, William Milne (missionary).

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was among the first American Christian missionary organizations.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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Battle of Culloden

The Battle of Culloden (Blàr Chùil Lodair) was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745.

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Cairo

Cairo (القاهرة) is the capital of Egypt.

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Charles Edward Stuart

Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart (31 December 1720 – 31 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, grandson of James II and VII and after 1766 the Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Delaware and Hudson Railway

The Delaware and Hudson Railway (D&H) is a railroad that operates in the northeastern United States.

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Egypt

Egypt (مِصر, مَصر, Khēmi), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula.

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Elijah Coleman Bridgman

Elijah Coleman Bridgman (April22, 1801November2, 1861) was the first American Protestant Christian missionary appointed to China.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732 –, 1799), known as the "Father of His Country," was an American soldier and statesman who served from 1789 to 1797 as the first President of the United States.

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Guangzhou

Guangzhou, also known as Canton, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong.

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History of opium in China

The history of opium in China began with the use of opium for medicinal purposes during the 7th century.

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Hong (business)

A Hong was a large general trading house in Canton (now known as Guangzhou), Guangdong, China, in the 19th century.

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James Matheson

Sir James Nicolas Sutherland Matheson, 1st Baronet, FRS (17 November 179631 December 1878), was a Scottish trader in India.

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John Robert Morrison

John Robert Morrison (17 April 1814 – 29 August 1843) was a British interpreter and colonial official in China.

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Karl Gützlaff

Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff (8 July 1803 – 9 August 1851), anglicised as Charles Gutzlaff, was a German Lutheran missionary to the Far East, notable as one of the first Protestant missionaries in Bangkok, Thailand (1828) and in Korea (1832).

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Kentucky Educational Television

Kentucky Educational Television (also known as KET: The Kentucky Network, or simply KET) is a state network of PBS member television stations serving the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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London Missionary Society

The London Missionary Society was a missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans and various nonconformists.

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Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus

Lucius Quinctius or Quintius Cincinnatus (– BC) was a Roman patrician, statesman, and military leader of the early Republic who became a legendary figure of Roman virtues—particularly Roman manliness and civic virtue—by the time of the Empire.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.

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Old China Trade

The Old China Trade refers to the early commerce between the Qing Empire and the United States under the Canton System, spanning from shortly after the end of the American Revolutionary War in 1783 to the Treaty of Wanghsia in 1844.

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Olyphant & Co.

Olyphant & Co. was a merchant trading house or ''hong'' in 19th-century China.

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Peter Parker (physician)

Peter Parker (June 18, 1804 – January 10, 1888) was an American physician and a missionary who introduced Western medical techniques into Qing Dynasty China.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States.

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Richard Ward (governor)

Richard Ward (April 15, 1689 – August 21, 1763) Austin, 407 was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving for one complete term from 1741 to 1742.

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Robert Morrison (missionary)

Robert Morrison, FRS (5 January 1782 – 1 August 1834), was an Anglo-Scottish Protestant missionary to Portuguese Macao, Qing-era Guangdong, and Dutch Malacca, who was also a pioneering sinologist, lexicographer, and translator considered the "Father of Anglo-Chinese Literature".

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Robert Morrison Olyphant

Robert Morrison Olyphant (September9, 1824May3, 1918) was an American businessman active in New York City and China in the late 19th century.

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Samuel Wells Williams

Samuel Wells Williams (衛三畏; 22 September 1812 - 16 February 1884) was a linguist, official, missionary and Sinologist from the United States in the early 19th century.

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The Canton Register

The Canton Register was an English language newspaper founded by Scottish merchants James Matheson and his nephew Alexander together with Philadelphian William Wightman Wood, the first editor.

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The Chinese Repository

The Chinese Repository was a periodical published in Canton between May 1832 and 1851 to inform Protestant missionaries working in Asia about the history and culture of China, of current events, and documents.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Timothy Olyphant

Timothy David Olyphant (born May 20, 1968) is an American actor and producer.

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William Milne (missionary)

William Milne (April 1785 – 2 June 1822) was the second Protestant missionary sent by the London Missionary Society to China, after his colleague, Robert Morrison.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Olyphant

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