William Edward Soothill

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William Edward Soothill (born January 23, 1861 in Halifax , Yorkshire , † May 14, 1935 ) was an English missionary and sinologist .

biography

William Edward Soothill was a Methodist missionary in China . He later became a professor of Chinese at Oxford University and a leading British sinologist . In 1884 he married Lucy Farrar. She wrote an account of her years in China called A Passport to China .

Works

  • The Student's Four Thousand and General Pocket Dictionary (1899)
  • A Mission in China (1906,1907)
  • The Analects of Confucius (1910)
  • China and Education, with Special Reference to the University for China (1912)
  • Timothy Richard of China (1924)
  • China and the West. A sketch of their Intercourse (1925)
  • A History of China (1927)
  • China and England (1928)
  • The Three Religions of China (1929)
  • The Lotus of the Wonderful Law. Or, The Lotus Gospel (1930)
  • with Lewis Hodous : A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms. With Sanskrit and English Equivalents and a Sanskrit-Pali Index. London 1937
  • The Hall of Light. A study of Early Chinese Kingship, edited by Lady Hosie and GF Hudson. 1951, ISBN 9780227171240

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personal data
SURNAME Soothill, William Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English missionary and sinologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Halifax (West Yorkshire)
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1935