Samuel Wells Williams
Sign in to saveAlso known as S. Wells Williams, S.W. Williams, Samuel W. Williams
U.S. linguist, missionary, diplomat, naturalist and Sinologist (1812–1884)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Middle Kingdom : A Survey of the ... Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants
- Chinese Repository; Volume 7
- Middle Kingdom 2 Vol Set
- Chinese Commercial Guide
- A History of China
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samuel
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Utica
- Place of death
- New Haven
- Position held
- foreign government advisor in Meiji Japan
- Educated at
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Employer
- Yale University
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Image
- S. Wells Williams (1812-1884).jpg
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- Commons category
- Samuel Wells Williams
- member of
- Perry Expedition
- collection items at
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- date of birth
- 1812-09-22
- date of death
- 1884-02-16
- writing language
- English language
- Commons Creator page
- Samuel Wells Williams
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