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David Olyphant : ウィキペディア英語版 | David Olyphant
David Washington Cincinnatus Olyphant (March7, 1789June10 1851) was an American trader in the Far East and "the father of the American Mission to China". He was an elected member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), the organization that sent the first American missionaries to China in 1829. == Early life == Born in Newport, Rhode Island he was the son of Dr. David Olyphant, a Scottish supporter of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who arrived in America in the 1740s shortly after the Battle of Culloden, and Ann (née Vernon) Olyphant, granddaughter of Richard Ward, governor of Rhode Island. In 1806, following the death of his father, he went to New York where he worked for the firm of King and Talbot, who were involved in the China trade. After living in Baltimore between 18121817, he returned to New York where in 1820 he became an agent of Thomas H. Smith of Canton (now Guangzhou), China.
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