Karl Gützlaff
Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff (8 July 1803 – 9 August 1851), anglicised as Charles Gutzlaff, was a German Lutheran missionary to the Far East, notable as one of the first Protestant missionaries in Bangkok, Thailand (1828) and in Korea (1832). He was also the first Lutheran missionary to China. He was a magistrate in Ningbo and Zhoushan and the second Chinese Secretary of the British administration in Hong Kong.
The Reverend Karl Gützlaff | |
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| Born | 8 July 1803 Pyritz, Province of Pomerania, Prussia |
| Died | 9 August 1851 (aged 48) |
| Nationality | Prussia |
| Other names | Charles Gutzlaff |
| Citizenship | Prussia |
| Occupation(s) | Missionary, translator |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
| Church | Evangelical Church of Prussia |
| Writings | Eastern Western Monthly Magazine |
| Title | Reverend |
He wrote widely read books and served as interpreter for British diplomatic missions during the First Opium War. Gützlaff was one of the first Protestant missionaries in China to wear Chinese clothing.
He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1839.
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