LEGGE, JAMES

LEGGE, JAMES
   a Chinese scholar, born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire; studied at King's College, Aberdeen; was sent out as missionary to the Chinese by the London Missionary Society in 1839, laboured for 30 years at Hong-Kong, and became professor of the Chinese Language and Literature at Oxford in 1876; edited with a translation and notes the Chinese classics, the "four Shu," and the "five King," and gave lectures on the religions of China as compared with Christianity; b. 1815.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • James Legge — (理雅各; December 20, 1815 – November 29, 1897) was a noted Scottish sinologist, a Scottish Congregationalist, representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong (1840–1873), and first professor of Chinese at Oxford University… …   Wikipedia

  • James Legge — (Aussprache: [dʒeɪmz lɛɡ]; * 20. Dezember 1815 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Schottland; † 29. November 1897 in Oxford) war ein britischer Sinologe und bede …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Legge — (spr. legge), James, engl. Sinolog, geb. 20. Dez. 1815 in Huntly bei Aberdeen, gest. 29. Nov. 1897 in Oxford, studierte in London Theologie, ging 1839 als Missionar nach Ostasien, widmete sich am Morrison s College in Malakka noch sprachlichen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Legge romanization — is a transcription system for Mandarin Chinese, used by the prolific 19th century sinologist James Legge. It was replaced by the Wade Giles system, which itself has been mostly supplanted by Pinyin. The Legge system is still to be found in Legge… …   Wikipedia

  • Legge — ist der Name von: James Legge (1815–1897), britischer Sinologe und Übersetzer Katherine Legge (* 1980), britische Rennfahrerin in der DTM Petrus Legge (1882–1951), von 1932 bis 1951 Bischof von Meißen Wade Legge (* 1934), US amerikanischer Jazz… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • James II of England — James II redirects here. For other uses, see James II (disambiguation). James II VII[1] King of England, Scotland a …   Wikipedia

  • James Whitmore — Born James Allen Whitmore, Jr. October 1, 1921(1921 10 01) White Plains, New York, U.S. Died …   Wikipedia

  • James Whitmore — Nombre real James Allen Whitmore, Jr. Nacimiento 1 de octubre de 1921 …   Wikipedia Español

  • James Armand de Rothschild — James Armand Edmond de Rothschild, DCM, DL, (1878 ndash;1957) was a French born British politician and philanthropist, from the wealthy Rothschild international banking dynasty. Jimmy de Rothschild was the son of Edmond James de Rothschild of the …   Wikipedia

  • James Whitmore — James Allen Whitmore (* 1. Oktober 1921 in White Plains, New York; † 6. Februar 2009 in Malibu, Kalifornien) war ein vielfach ausgezeichneter US amerikanischer Schauspieler. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Filmografie (Auswahl) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”