Joseph Edkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Edkins

British linguist

Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1823

Place of Birth: Nailsworth, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 23-Apr-1905

Profession: missionary, translator, linguist, Bible translator

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Joseph Edkins (19 December 1823 – 23 April 1905) was a British Protestant missionary who spent 57 years in China, 30 of them in Beijing.
As a Sinologue, he specialised in Chinese religions.
He was also a linguist, a translator, and a philologist.
Writing prolifically, he penned many books about the Chinese language and the Chinese religions especially Buddhism.
In his China's Place in Philology (1871), he tries to show that the languages of Europe and Asia have a common origin by comparing the Chinese and Indo-European vocabulary.