MARTIN, Rev. & Mrs. William A.P. (Julia Vansant)
(1827 - 1916)
NINGBO, PEKING. Brother of Samuel Martin. Evangelistic and educational missionaries in Ningbo and Peking, 1850-1916. In 1858 helped to negotiate treaty that ended Second Opium War. Began Protestant work in Peking. Established school for boys. Published lectures on Christianity that were also translated into Japanese and Korean. Granted rank of Mandarin of Second Class, and became one of most influential advisors to reform-minded Chinese officials. Named dean of Imperial University of Peking 1869 - 1895. “He has been called the founder of modern state education in China.” One of the organizers of the International Reform Bureau, which promoted high moral standards and a new Chinese war on opium. G.T. Brown, 346, 6,34,45,60,70,75-76 125, 131, 133, 140, 157, 308,320,376n48. Latourette,VI 308. Moffett, 480f. Ralph R. Covell, W.A.P. Martin, Pioneer of Progress in China. (Washington, D.C.: Christian University Press, 1978)
