Hudson Taylor was a Protestant missionary born in England on May 21, 1832. He founded the China Inland Mission, which opened more than one hundred schools in China and led to the Christian conversion of nearly 20,000 Chinese citizens. His work was instrumental in spreading Christianity in China and his legacy continues to this day.
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💰 Net worth: $20 million (2024)
About
Notable for founding an organization known as the China Inland Mission, this Protestant missionary opened more than one hundred schools in China and brought about the Christian conversions of close to 20,000 Chinese citizens.
Before Fame
After briefly studying Medicine at the Royal London Hospital, he traveled to China for the first time with the newly formed Chinese Evangelisation Society.
Trivia
Unlike many other European missionaries, Taylor dressed himself in Chinese clothes and displayed his respect for Chinese culture. Also notable was the fact that he allowed Protestants of many different denominations to take part in his mission work.
Family Life
With his first wife, Maria Jane Dyer, he adopted a Chinese boy by the name of Tianxi and raised biological children named Grace, Herbert, Frederick, Samuel, and Charles. Following his first wife's death, Taylor married and had several more children with Jane Elizabeth Faulding.
Associated With
He and william Borden were both late 19th and early 20th-century missionaries to China.
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