James Legge
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Scottish missionary and translator (1815–1897)
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Within Vinony's link graph, James Legge is referenced by 596 other articles, and connects out to University of Oxford, pinyin and China.
It sits within the topics 1815 births, 1897 deaths and 19th-century Scottish translators.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1815
- Died
- 1897
- Works
- 266
Top works
- Čhotmāihēt hǣng Phutthaʻānāčhak
- 論語華英
- 智環啓蒙塾課初步
- The Tao tê ching
- The Sacred books of China
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1968-08-12
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 4
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Huntly
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Occupation
- sinologist
- Educated at
- Aberdeen Grammar School
- Employer
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Religion
- Congregational churches
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Laws
- Image
- James Legge China.jpg
- Work location
- Scotland
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- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- James Legge
- date of birth
- 1815-12-20
- date of death
- 1897-11-29
- Commons Creator page
- James Legge
- name in native language
- James Legge
- student
- Hong Rengan
- interested in
- sinology
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- Egyptian Arabic
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- Hakka Chinese
- Hungarian
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- Norwegian
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- Serbian (Latin)
- Svenska
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Categories
1815 births1897 deaths19th-century Scottish translatorsAlumni of the University of AberdeenBritish missionaries in ChinaBritish missionary linguistsBritish sinologistsBurials at Wolvercote CemeteryChinese–English translatorsCongregationalist missionaries in ChinaFellows of Corpus Christi College, OxfordFounders of colleges of the University of OxfordInternational members of the American Philosophical SocietyLinguists from ScotlandPeople associated with Somerville College, OxfordPeople educated at Aberdeen Grammar SchoolPeople from HuntlyProtestant missionaries in ChinaScholars of ancient Chinese philosophyScottish Congregationalist missionariesScottish expatriates in ChinaShaw Professors of Chinese