J. Percy Bruce

Joseph Percy Bruce
Born1861
Died1934

Joseph Percy Bruce (Chinese: 卜道成; pinyin: Bǔ Dàochéng, 1861–1934) was a British missionary to China. In 1908, he purchased about 360,000 square meters (545 mu) of land to the southwest of the old city of Jinan for the establishment of Cheeloo University. He served as Dean of the theological seminary and later as president of Cheeloo University (from 1916 to 1920). After his return to the United Kingdom, he served as governor of the School of Oriental Studies in London[1] from 1929 to 1931.[2]

In May 1925, Bruce was appointed the first Professor of Chinese at the School or Oriental Studies (later School or Oriental and African Studies, or SOAS), replacing W. Hopkyn Rees, Reader in Chinese, who had died in August 1924. He continued as professor on an annual basis until 1931, when he was replaced by Reginald Johnston.[3] He remained on at SOAS as a language instructor until his death in 1934.[4]

  1. ^ Da Zheng (26 February 2010). Chiang Yee: The Silent Traveller from the East -- A Cultural Biography. Rutgers University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-8135-4927-9.
  2. ^ The Calendar Of The School Of Oriental Studies, 1937
  3. ^ Bickers, Robert A. (1994). "New Light on Lao She, London, and the London Missionary Society, 1921-1929". Modern Chinese Literature. 8 (1/2): 21–39.
  4. ^ Bickers, Robert A. (November 1995). ""Coolie work": Sir Reginald Johnston at the School of Oriental Studies, 1931–1937". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 3rd. 5 (3): 385–401. doi:10.1017/S1356186300006647.