John Sutherland Whitewright

John Sutherland Whitewright
Born(1858-09-05)5 September 1858
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died10 January 1926(1926-01-10) (aged 67)
Tianjin, China
Occupationmissionary,
Years active45 Years
Known forEstablishment of Museums in China
SpouseMartha Alexandra Allen

John Sutherland Whitewright (Chinese: 怀恩光; pinyin: Huái Ēnguāng, 5 September 1858 in Edinburgh – 10 January 1926 in Tianjin) was a British Baptist missionary to China in the late 19th and early 20th century. He arrived in the city of Qingzhou, Shandong province in 1880[1] or in 1881.[2] In 1886, he started a theological college in Qingzhou that would later develop into Gotch-Robinson Theological College.[2] He directed the college with the assistance of Alfred G. Jones and J. Percy Bruce. In 1887, he established the Yidu Museum (named after the former Yidu County) in Qingzhou.[3] In 1904, he moved with the museum to Jinan, where the museum became the Guangzhi Yuan. In 1917, he taught at the divinity school of Cheeloo University.[1] His museum became a forerunner of the Shandong Provincial Museum.

  1. ^ a b Huai Enguang (in Chinese) Archived 2013-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b The Late John Sutherland Whitewright," in China Journal of Science and Arts 4, no. 3 (March 1926):126 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Shandong Museum official web site (in Chinese)