Born Barnsley, Yorkshire. Died Changsha, Hunan, China
(340 miles north of Canton), where he was buried.
English missionary to China. Founded the China Inland Mission in 1865 which at his death included 205 mission stations with over 800 missionaries, and 125,000 Chinese Christians.
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James Hudson Taylor
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James Hudson Taylor
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