1782 - 1834
Robert Morrison, FRS (5 January 1782 – 1 August 1834), was an Anglo-Scottish Protestant missionary to Portuguese Macao, Qing-era Guangdong, and Dutch Malacca, who was also a pioneering sinologist, lexicographer, and translator considered the "Father of Anglo-Chinese Literature".Morrison, a Presbyterian preacher, is most notable for his work in China. After twenty-five years of work he translated the whole Bible into the Chinese language and baptized ten Chinese believers, including Cai Gao, Liang Fa, and Wat Ngong. Morrison pioneered the translation of the Bible into Chinese and planned for the distribution of the Scriptures as broadly as possible, unlike the previous Roman Catholic translation work that had never been published.Morrison cooperated with such contemporary missionaries as Walter Henry Medhurst and William Milne (the printers), Samuel Dyer (Hudson Taylor's father-in-law), Karl Gützlaff (the Prussian linguist), and Peter Parker (China's first medical missionary). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Morrison has received more than 15,617 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Morrison is the 64th most popular linguist (down from 53rd in 2019), the 1,721st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,529th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Linguist.
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Among linguists, Robert Morrison ranks 64 out of 161. Before him are Michael Halliday, William Labov, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Hugo Schuchardt, and Vilém Mathesius. After him are Noah Webster, Karl Brugmann, Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Matthias Castrén, Émile Littré, and Gustaf John Ramstedt.
1925 - 2018
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 58
1927 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 59
1784 - 1842
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 60
603 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 61
1842 - 1927
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 62
1882 - 1945
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 63
1782 - 1834
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 64
1758 - 1843
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 65
1849 - 1919
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 66
1971 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 67
1813 - 1852
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 68
1801 - 1881
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 69
1873 - 1950
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 70
Among people born in 1782, Robert Morrison ranks 22. Before him are Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony, John C. Calhoun, Faustin Soulouque, Marcellin Marbot, and Pierre Berthier. After him are Princess Marie of Baden, Eugène de Mazenod, Esaias Tegnér, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Wilhelm von Biela, and Alexander von Benckendorff. Among people deceased in 1834, Robert Morrison ranks 21. Before him are Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza, Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, James Weddell, Giovanni Aldini, Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium, and Aleksey Arakcheyev. After him are Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Charles Lamb, Gamzat-bek, and Thomas Telford.
1782 - 1856
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 16
1782 - 1863
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 17
1782 - 1850
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 18
1782 - 1867
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 19
1782 - 1854
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 20
1782 - 1861
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 21
1782 - 1834
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 22
1782 - 1808
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 23
1782 - 1861
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 24
1782 - 1846
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 25
1782 - 1834
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 26
1782 - 1856
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 27
1782 - 1844
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 28
1800 - 1834
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 15
1763 - 1834
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 16
1787 - 1834
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 17
1762 - 1834
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 18
1833 - 1834
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 19
1769 - 1834
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 20
1782 - 1834
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 21
1800 - 1834
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 22
1782 - 1834
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 23
1759 - 1834
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 24
1775 - 1834
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 25
1789 - 1834
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 26
1757 - 1834
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 27
Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Morrison ranks 1,721 out of 7,765. Before him are Phil Jones (1992), Geoff Hurst (1941), James Finlayson (1887), Richard Aldington (1892), Peter Vaughan (1923), and Marie Stopes (1880). After him are J. Lee Thompson (1914), Dixie Dean (1907), Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768), Rick Parfitt (1948), John Watson (1946), and Paul Gascoigne (1967).
1992 - Present
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 1,715
1941 - Present
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 1,716
1887 - 1953
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 1,717
1892 - 1962
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 1,718
1923 - 2016
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 1,719
1880 - 1958
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 1,720
1782 - 1834
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 1,721
1914 - 2002
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 1,722
1907 - 1980
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 1,723
1768 - 1840
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 1,724
1948 - 2016
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 1,725
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 1,726
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 1,727
Among linguists born in United Kingdom, Robert Morrison ranks 3. Before him are William Jones (1746) and Michael Halliday (1925). After him are John Chadwick (1920), Daniel Jones (1881), John Florio (1553), Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), Jane Ellen Harrison (1850), James Legge (1815), John Lyons (1932), John Eliot (1604), and Henry Liddell (1811).
1746 - 1794
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 1
1925 - 2018
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 2
1782 - 1834
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 3
1920 - 1998
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 4
1881 - 1967
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 5
1553 - 1625
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 6
1800 - 1894
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 7
1850 - 1928
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 8
1815 - 1897
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 9
1932 - 2020
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 10
1604 - 1690
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 11
1811 - 1898
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 12