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Summers, James

(Lichfield, Staffordshire 1828-1891 Tokyo) : Missionar Church of England, Sinologe, Professor für Chinesisch am King's College London

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Index of Names : Occident / Religion : Christianity / Sinology and Asian Studies : Europe : Great Britain

Chronology Entries (7)

# Year Text Linked Data
1 1848 James Summers ist Dozent am St. Paul's College, der Anglo-Chinese School in Hong Kong und lernt Chinesisch.
2 1849 James Summers kommt während Aufständen in Macao in Gefangenschaft.
3 1852-1873 James Summers ist Professor für Chinesisch am King's College in London. Er arbeitet zusätzlich zeitweise als Assistent für die India Office Library, im British Museum und wird Dekan der Kathedrale von Rochester und Kurator der Kirche in Hitchin, Herfortshire.
4 1853 James Summers studiert an der Magdalen Hall der University of Oxford.
5 1853 James Summers wird nach seiner Rückkehr aus Hong Kong Priester der Church of England.
6 1873-1882 James Summers ist Dozent für englische Literatur in Yokohama, dann Niigata und Sapporo in Japan.
7 1884 James Summers eröffnet in Tokyo seine eingene englische Schule.

Bibliography (8)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1853 The Gospel of Saint John. In the Chinese language, according to the dialect of Shanghai, expressed in the Roman alphabetic character, with an explanatory introduction and vicabulary by James Summers. (London : W.M. Watts, 1853). [Johannes Evangelium, Neues Testament].
https://books.google.ch/books/about/The_Gospel_of_Saint_
John_in_the_Chinese.html?id=LjcLAAAAQAAJ&redir_esc=y
.
Publication / Sum3
2 1853 Summers, James. Lecture on the Chinese language and literature. Delivered in King's College London, April 13 1853. (London : John W. Parker and Son, 1853).
https://books.google.ch/books/about/Lecture_on_the_Chinese_
language_and_lite.html?id=yq5FAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y
.
Publication / Sum5
3 1863 Summers, James. A handbook of the Chinese language : grammar and chrestomathy. Pt. 1-2. (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1863).
https://archive.org/details/handbookofchines00summiala.
Publication / Sum1
4 1863-1865 The Chinese and Japanese repository of facts and events in science, history, and art, relating to Eastern Asia. Ed. by J[ames] Summers. Vol. 1-3. (London : [s.n.], 1863-1865).
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000528115.
Publication / Sum4
5 1864 Summers, James. The rudiments of the Chinese language : with dialogues, exercises and a vocabulary. (London : B. Quaritch, 1864).
https://archive.org/details/rudimentschines01summgoog.
Publication / Sum2
6 1868 Bellows, John. English outline vocabulary for the use of students of the Chinese, Japanese, and other languages. With notes on writing Chinese with Roman letters by Professor [James] Summers. (London : Trübner & Co., 1868). Publication / Sum7
7 1870-1873 The Phoenix : a monthly magazine for India, Burma, Siam, China, Japan & Eastern Asia. Ed. by James Summers. Vol. 1-3 (1870-1873). (London : Yard, 1870-1873). Publication / Sum8
8 1872 Summers, James. Descriptive catalogue of the Chinese, Japanese, and Manchu books. (London : Printed by order of the Secretary of State for India in Council, 1872).
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100363722.
Publication / Sum6