Medhurst

Medhurst

Medhurst (spr. méddhörst). Walter Henry, gelehrter Missionar und Sinolog, geb. 1796 in London, gest. daselbst 24. Jan. 1857, ging 1816 nach Ostasien, wirkte zuerst in Malakka, dann in Batavia, wo er unter anderm die malaiische Übersetzung des Neuen Testaments revidierte, besuchte 1825–26 Ostjava, sodann Borneo und Bali, 1835 die Küsten Chinas und ließ sich nach einem kurzen Besuch in Europa 1836 wieder in Batavia und 1843 in Schanghai nieder. Krankheitshalber nach Europa zurückgekehrt, starb er zwei Tage nach seiner Ankunft. Von seinen Werken sind sein »Dictionary of the Hokëèn dialect« (Macao 1832) und »Chinese and english dictionary« (Batavia 1842–43, 2 Bde.) nebst dem »English and Chinese dictionary« (Schanghai 1847–48, 2 Bde.) hervorzuheben.


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