Joseph Edkins 艾約瑟

Joseph Edkins; Aì Yuēsè 艾約瑟 (1823 - 1905)

Name 名: Aì Yuēsè 艾約瑟 Born December 19, 1823 at Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England Died April 23, 1905 in Shànghǎi 上海

Notable Associates: Hudson Taylor 戴德生 Walter Henry Medhurst 麥都思 William Alexander Parsons Martin 丁韙良

Article editor: Erik Hammerstrom

Joseph Edkins; Aì Yuēsè 艾約瑟 (1823 - 1905)

Short bio.

Biography

Important Works^[1]

• The Jews at K'ao Fuug Foo. 1851.
• Chinese and Foreign Concord Alminack. 1852.
• Grammar of the Shanghai Dialect. 1853.
• Grammar of the Mandarin Dialect. 1857.
• Progressive Lessons in the Chinese Spoken Language. 1862.
• Narrative of a Visit to Nanking. 1863. 8vo.
• Description of Peking. Supplement to Dr. Williamson's Travels in North China and Manchuria.
• The Miao-tsi Tribes. Foochow. 1870.
• China's Place in Philology : an attempt to show that tho languages of Europe and Asia have a common origin. 1871.
• Introduction to tho Study of the Chinese Characters. 1876.
• Catalogue of Chinese Works in the Bodleian Library. 1876.
• Tho Evolution of the Chinese Language, as exemplifying the origin and growth of human speech. 1888.
• The Evolution of the Hebrew Language. 1889.
• Studies in Genesis.

Notable Students

Notes

1. ↑ This list is drawn from Bushell, 270.

References:

• S. W. Bushell, "Rev. Joseph Edkins, D.D." The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (January 1906):269-271.