Thomas Richardson Colledge

Dr. Colledge after completing an ophthalmic operation on a Chinese woman (painted by George Chinnery)
Dr. Colledge's ophthalmology clinic in Macau
Colledge and his wife Caroline

Thomas Richardson Colledge (11 June 1797 – 28 October 1879) was an English surgeon with the East India Company at Guangzhou (Canton) who served part-time as the first medical missionary in China, and played a role in establishing the Canton Hospital. In 1837 he founded and served as the first president of the Medical Missionary Society of China.