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GB 891 RAS GOV7-RAS GOV7/34
Title
Copy of a letter by Dr. Gutzlaff, Hong Kong, 24 January 1851
Date(s)
- 24th Jan 1851 (Creation)
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2.5 pages handwritten
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Biographical history
Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff (Charles Gutzlaff), was a German Lutheran missionary to the Far East, one of the first Protestant missionaries in Bangkok, Thailand (1828) and Korea (1832). He was also the first Lutheran missionary to China. He was a… read more
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'Copy of a letter addressed to Col. Sykes by Dr. Gutzlaff, dated Hong Kong, 24 January 1851' in which he writes of the difficulties of interpreting the Buddhist literature as it is in verse and he cannot find anyone that can give an adequate explanation… read more
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Language of material
- English
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- Gützlaff Karl Friedrich August 1803-1851 (Subject)