Carl C. Jeremiassen

Jeremiassen's adopted Chinese name
Chinese冶基善
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYě Jīshàn
Southern Min
Hokkien POJIá Ki-siān
Northern Min
Jian'ou RomanizedIǎ Gí-sīng

Carl C. Jeremiassen (Adopted Chinese name: 冶基善, 1847–1901) was a Danish sea captain. He is known today as the first Protestant missionary to Hainan island and the translator of portions of the Old and New Testament into the Hainanese language.[1]