Qing · Western Scholar and Translator

Young J. Allen 林樂知

Lin Yuezhi

Attested AD 1865 - AD 1874

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Young J. Allen was a Western Scholar and Translator.

Life and dates

Attested activity

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

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 · 1 passage

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.