Qing · Western Scholar, Translator, and Teacher

John Fryer 傅蘭雅

Fu Lanya

Attested AD 1865 - AD 1874

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

John Fryer was a Western Scholar, Translator, and Teacher.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1873 to AD 1874 同治末
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 250
AD 1865 to AD 1874 製造局譯書時期
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 505, passages 244, 247

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Westerner 西士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 247

Places and affiliations

AD 1873 to AD 1874 同治末
Organization Polytechnic Institute 格致書院 · Relation Co founded · At Shanghai 上海 · With Xu Shou (徐壽)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 250

Events and relationships

Engaged to translate
Scholarly · Hired translator · With Xu Shou (徐壽)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 247

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 505Volume 505 Biographies 292: Yi Shu Si · 2 passages

於是聘西士偉力亞利、傅蘭雅、林樂知、金楷理等，壽與同志華蘅芳、李鳳苞、王德均、趙元益孳孳研究，先後成書數百種。 Western scholars Alexander Wylie, John Fryer, Young J. Allen, and Cornelius Keng were hired; Shou labored alongside Hua Hengfang, Li Fengbao, Wang Dejun, and Zhao Yuanyi, and together they eventually turned out several hundred volumes.

同治末，與傅蘭雅設格致書院於上海，風氣漸開，成就甚眾，壽名益播。 Near the end of the Tongzhi reign he and John Fryer founded the Polytechnic Institute in Shanghai; the new learning slowly took hold, many students were trained, and Shou's reputation spread ever wider.