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Williams, S. Wells

(Utica, N.Y. 1812-1884 New Haven, Conn.) : Missionar American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Drucker, Diplomat, Sinologe, Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Yale University

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Williams, Samuel Wells

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Index of Names : Occident / Religion : Christianity / Sinology and Asian Studies : United States of America

Chronology Entries (18)

# Year Text Linked Data
1 1832 Elijah C. Bridgman und S. Wells Williams gründen die Zeitschrift The Chinese repository.
  • Document: Lazich, Michael C. E.C. Bridgman and the missionary roots of American sinology. In : Sino-Western cultural relations journal ; no. 20 (1998). (Bri1, Publication)
  • Person: Bridgman, Elijah C.
2 1833 S. Wells Williams und Ira Tracy, Missionare der American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions kommen in Guangzhou (Guangdong) an. S. Wells Williams studiert Chinesisch und Japanisch.
3 1833-1858 Elijah C. Bridgman und S. Wells Williams arbeiten zusammen für die American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Guangzhou (Guangdong) zu arbeiten.
4 1845-1848 S. Wells Williams studiert Rechtswissenschaften am Union College, Barbourville, Ky.
  • Document: Yale University und Archiv (Yal, Organisation)
5 1848 S. Wells Williams promoviert in Rechtswissenschaften am Union College, Barbourville, Ky
  • Document: Yale University und Archiv (Yal, Organisation)
6 1848 Williams, S. Wells. The Middle kingdom. Vol. 2 [ID D2096].
"Even the best painters have no proper idea of perspective, or of blending light and shade, but the objects are exhibited as much as possible on a flat surface, as if the painter drew his picture from a balloon, and looked at the country with a vertical sun shining above him. As might be inferred from their deficiencies in linear drawing and landscapes, they eminently fail in delineating the human figure in its right proportions, position, and expressions, and of grouping the persons introduced into a piece in natural attitudes…"
  • Document: Williams, S. Wells. The Middle kingdom : a survey of the geography, government, education, social life, arts, religion, etc. of the Chinese empire and its inhabitants. With a new map of the empire and illustrations, principally engraved by J.W. Orr. Vol. 1-2. (New York, N.Y. ; London : Wiley and Putnam, 1848). [Rev. ed. (New York, N.Y. : C. Scribner's Sons, 1899)].
    https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100655573. . (Will3, Publication)
7 1853-1854 S. Wells Williams begleitet Matthew Calbraith Perry als Dolmetscher nach Japan.
8 1855-1874 S. Wells Williams ist Chargé d'affaires der amerikanischen Gesandtschaft in Beijing. 1855, 1857-1859, 1861, 1865-1870, 1873-1874.
9 1857-1876 S. Wells Williams ist Sekretär der amerikanischen Gesandtschaft.
10 1857 S. Wells Williams zieht sich von der American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions zurück.
  • Document: Biographical dictionary of christian missions. Ed. by Gerald H. Anderson. (London : Macmillan, 1998). (And, Publication)
11 1857-1859 William B. Reed ist Gesandter der amerikanischen Gesandtschaft in Beijing. Er soll mit der chinesischen Regierung über einen neuen bilateralen Vertrag verhandeln. W.A.P. Martin ist sein Übersetzer, S. Wells Williams sein Sekretär.
12 1858 Vertrag von Tianjin mit Grossbritannien und Frankreich. Er gibt das Recht, Diplomaten nach Beijing zu senden, neue Konzessionen zu errichten, Handel zu treiben und Opium zu verkaufen, Anerkennung des Christentums und Reisebewilligung. Der Yangzi wird für den Handel geöffnet. Als Gegenleistung wird der Rückzug der Engländer aus Tianjin und die Räumung der Festung Dagukou. Den katholischen Missionen und den chinesischen Katholiken werden die Rechte der Freiheit des Predigens und des Landerwerbs im ganzen Land eingeräumt. Der Katholizismus wird toleriert und Verfolgung von Christen wird bestraft. Auch protestantische Missionen profitieren von diesem Vertrag. Jean Baptiste Louis Gros unterschreibt, S. Wells Williams nimmt daran teil.
Russland darf in Shanghai, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Taiwan und Hainan Handel treiben und ein Konsulat zu öffnen.
  • Document: Ch'eng, T'ien-fang [Cheng, Tianfang]. A history of Sino-Russian relations. Introd. by John Leighton Stuart. (Washington D.C. : Public Affairs Press, 1957). S. 35. (ChiRus3, Publication)
  • Document: Biographical dictionary of christian missions. Ed. by Gerald H. Anderson. (London : Macmillan, 1998). (And, Publication)
  • Person: Gros, Jean Baptiste Louis
13 1860-1862 S. Wells Williams hält sich in Amerika auf.
  • Document: Biographical dictionary of christian missions. Ed. by Gerald H. Anderson. (London : Macmillan, 1998). (And, Publication)
14 1862-1876 S. Wells Williams arbeitet an der amerikanischen Gesandtschaft in Beijing.
  • Document: Biographical dictionary of christian missions. Ed. by Gerald H. Anderson. (London : Macmillan, 1998). (And, Publication)
15 1865-1874 S. Wells Williams ist Bevollmächtiger der amerikanischen Regierung in China.
16 1877-1884 S. Wells Williams ist Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures an der Yale University, New Haven Conn.
  • Document: Yale University und Archiv (Yal, Organisation)
17 1877 S. Wells Williams kehrt nach New Haven, Conn. zurück.
  • Document: Biographical dictionary of christian missions. Ed. by Gerald H. Anderson. (London : Macmillan, 1998). (And, Publication)
18 1877 S. Wells Williams erhält den honory Master degree der Yale University.
  • Document: Yale University und Archiv (Yal, Organisation)

Bibliography (19)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1832-1851 The Chinese repository. Vol. 1-20. (Canton ; Macao ; Hong Kong : The Chinese repository, 1832-1851). [Gegründet von Elijah C. Bridgman und S. Wells Williams. Es ist die erste sinologische Zeitschrift und spielt eine Rolle bei der Gründung der englisch-amerikanischen Sinologie].
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000541105.
https://archive.org/details/chinesereposito04unkngoog. 		Periodical / BridE1
2 1837-1865 The annual report of the Morrison Education Society. (Macao : S. Wells Williams, 1837-1865 ; Hong Kong : Morrison Education Society, 1839-1848). [Robert Morrison].
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100620369. 		Publication / Morr32
3 1842 Williams, S. Wells. Easy lessons in Chinese ; especially adapted to the Canton dialect. (Macao : [s.n.], 1842).
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009658936. 		Publication / Will1
4 1844 Williams, S. Wells. Ying Hua yun fu li jie = An English and Chinese vocabulary. (Macao : Office of the Chinese Repository, 1844). Publication / Will2
  • Cited by: New terms for new ideas : Western knowledge and lexical change in late imperial China. Ed. by Michael Lackner, Iwo Amelung und Joachim Kurtz. (Leiden : Brill, 2001). (Sinica Leidensia ; vol. 52).
    http://www.wsc.uni-erlangen.de/newtsave.htm (2003). (New, Published)
5 1844 Williams, S. Wells. A Chinese commercial guide, consisting of a collection of details and regulatins respecting foreign trade with China, sailing directins, tables, & c. (Macao : S. W. Williams, 1844). 4th ed., rev. and enl. (Canton : Printed at the Office of the Chinese Repository, 1856). [5th ed. (Taipei : Chengwen, 1966)].
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008605561. 		Publication / Will6
6 1844 Williams, S. Wells. Chinese topography : being an alphabetical list of the provinces, departments and districts in the Chinese empire, with their latitudes and longitudes. In : Chinese repository, Canton ; vol. 13 (1844). Publication / Will19
7 1844 Williams, S. Wells. English and Chinese vocubulary in the court dialect. (Macao : Printed at the Office of the Chinese repository, 1844). Publication / Well22
8 1848 Williams, S. Wells. The Middle kingdom : a survey of the geography, government, education, social life, arts, religion, etc. of the Chinese empire and its inhabitants. With a new map of the empire and illustrations, principally engraved by J.W. Orr. Vol. 1-2. (New York, N.Y. ; London : Wiley and Putnam, 1848). [Rev. ed. (New York, N.Y. : C. Scribner's Sons, 1899)].
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100655573. . 		Publication / Will3
9 1853 Williams, S. Wells. Map of the Chinese empire : compiled from native & foreign authorities. (New York, N.Y. : S.W. Williams ; J.M. Atwood, 1853). Publication / Will4
10 1856 Williams, S. Wells. Ying wá fan wan tsüt iú = A tonic dictionary of the Chinese language in the Canton dialect. (Canton : Printed at the Office of the Chinese Repository, 1856). Publication / Will5
11 1856 Williams, S. Wells. Ying Hua fen yun cuo yao = Ying wen shu ming = Tonic dictionary of the Chinese language. (Guangzhou : Guangzhou Zhong he hang Qing Xianfeng, 1856).
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https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007676940. 		Publication / Wil1
12 1859 Williams, S. Wells. Narrative of the American embassy to Peking, in july, 1859. (Shanghai : Printed at the Office of the North-China herold, 1859). Publication / Will24
13 1864 Williams, S. Wells. Topography of China and neighbouring states : with degrees of longitude and latitude. (Hongkong : Printed at Noronha's Office, 1864). Publication / Will7
14 1874 Williams, S. Wells. A syllabic dictionary of the Chinese language ; arranged according to the Qu-fang yuen yin, with the pronunciation of the characters as heard in Peking, Canton, Amoy, and Shanghai. (Shanghai : American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1874). [Beijing, Guangzhou (Guangdong), Xiamen (Fujian)]. Publication / Will11
15 1877 Williams, S. Wells. Our relations with the Chinese empire. (San Francisco : [s.n.], 1877). (Chinese immigration pamphlets ; 2).
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100691923. 		Publication / Will25
16 1878 Williams, S. Wells. Controversy on the Chinese translation of the words God and spirit. In : Bibliotheca sacra ; vol. 35, no 140 (1878). Publication / Well21
17 1879 Williams, S. Wells. Chinese immigration : a paper read before the Social Science Association at Saratoge, september 10, 1879. (New York, N.Y. : C. Scribner's Sons, 1879).
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100332794. 		Publication / Will20
18 1897 Williams, S. Wells. A history of China : being the historical chapters from "The middle kingdom". (New York, N.Y. : C. Scribner's Sons, 1897).
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004749983. 		Publication / Will13
19 1909 Williams, S. Wells. A syllabic dictionary of the Chinese language arranged according to the Wu-fang yüan yin = Han Ying yun fu. By S. Wells Williams, L.L.D., and alphabethically rearranged according to the romanization of Sir Thomas F. Wade, by a Committee of the North China Mission of the American Board. (Tung Chou, near Peking : North China Union College, 1909).
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008960976. 		Publication / Will15

Secondary Literature (3)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1900 Cohn-Antenorid, W. Ein Vorgänger von Gutenberg in China. (Braunschweig : Vieweg, 1900). [S. Wells Williams].
https://www.digi-hub.de/viewer/image/DE-11-001785761/51/LOG_0054/. 		Publication / Cohn1
2 1911 Williams, S. Wells. The journal of S. Wells Williams, secretary and interpreter of the American embassy to China during the expedition to Tientsin and Peking in the years 1858 and 1859. Ed. by his son, Frederick Wells Williams. (Shanghai : Kelly & Walsh, 1911). In : Journal of the North-China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. 62, 1911). [Beijing]. Publication / Will-Will1
  • Person: Williams, Frederick Wells
3 1972 Ring, Martin Robert. Anson Burlingame, S. Wells Williams and China, 1861-1870 : a great era in Chinese-American relations. Diss. Tulane Univ., 1972. Publication / RingM1