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Wylie, A. (Alexander), 1815-1887

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Personal name headingWylie, A. (Alexander), 1815-1887
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Variant(s)Wei-lieh, Ya-li, 1815-1887
Weilie, Yali, 1815-1887
Wuailie, 1815-1887
Wylie, Alexander, 1815-1887
伍愛烈, 1815-1887
偉烈, 亞力, 1815-1887
Associated countryGreat Britain China
Associated placeLondon (England) Shanghai (China)
Birth date1815
Death date1887
Field of activityPublishers and publishing Bible--Publication and distribution
AffiliationLondon Missionary Society British and Foreign Bible Society
Profession or occupationMissionaries
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found innuc86-18791: His Notes on Chinese literature, 1972 (hdg. on ICU rept.: Wylie, Alexander, 1815-1887; usage: A. Wylie)
Daisūgaku, 1872- : v. 1, t.p. (偉烈亞力 [Chinese readings, pinyin: Weilei Yali; Wade-Giles: Wei-lieh Ya-li]) p. 1, 3rd gr. (Wylie Alexander)
Liu he cong tan, 1858: t.p. ((英) 伍愛烈 = (Ying) Wuailie)
Biographical dictionary of Christian missions, 1998: page 749-750 (Alexander Wylie, 1815-1887; English missionary publisher in China; worked for the London Missionary Society to supervise its printing press in Shanghai, China, starting in 1847; worked for the British and Foreign Bible Society starting in 1863, distributing New Testaments in China, then continued work with them in London starting in 1877)
Associated languageeng chi