James Legge
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 126 years ago |
| Date of birth | December 20,1815 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Huntly |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | November 29,1897 |
| Died | Oxford |
| United Kingdom | |
| Children | Thomas Morison Legge |
| James Granville Legge | |
| Current partner | Hannah Mary Johnstone |
| Grandchildren | Dominica Legge |
| Cecilia Legge | |
| Henry James Granville Legge | |
| Beatrice Pompilia Legge | |
| Education | King's College |
| University of Aberdeen | |
| Books | The Chinese Classics |
| A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms | |
| The Shih King Or Book of Poetry | |
| The Texts of Taoism | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 767374 |
James Legge Life story
James Legge was a Scottish linguist, missionary, sinologist, and translator who was best known as an early translator of Classical Chinese texts into English. Legge served as a representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong and was the first Professor of Chinese at Oxford University.
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