Griffith John

Griffith John
Born(1831-12-14)14 December 1831
Swansea, Wales
Died25 July 1912(1912-07-25) (aged 80)
London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationChristian missionary to China

Griffith John (Chinese: 楊格非; pinyin: Yáng Géfēi; 14 December 1831 – 25 July 1912) was a Welsh Christian missionary and translator in China. A member of the Congregational church, he was a pioneer evangelist with the London Missionary Society (LMS), a writer and a translator of the Holy Bible into the Chinese language.[1]

  1. ^ Stockment, Martha. "Griffith John (1831—1912)". Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity. Retrieved 11 June 2018.