The Revd. Dr Walter Henry Medhurst, Shanghai

The Revd. Dr Walter Henry Medhurst, Shanghai

Collection

Vacher-Hilditch

Identifier

VH02-007

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-007. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-003c. The Revd. Walter Henry Medhurst D.D. (1796-1857) was a missionary and one of the earliest to translate the Bible into Chinese. The Revd. Dr Walter Henry Medhurst died on 24th January 1857, in London. He had left China on 10th September 1856, in failing health. The date (1857) written in the album, is written in a way that suggests uncertainty about the year - the 7 seems to have started out being written as a 6. Photograph by Robert Sillar. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Henry_Medhurst. Betty Medhurst was the wife of the Revd. Dr Walter Henry Medhurst - see Hi-s130. See also an image of Sir Walter Henry Medhurst, who was the son of the Revd. Dr Walter Henry Medhurst and Betty Medhurst: Hi-s136.

Caption in album or on mount

Dr. Medhurst / Shanghae / R.G.S 185[6/7]

Location

Shanghai

Date

1856

Photographer

Sillar, Robert

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath