Alfred G. Jones
| Alfred George Jones | |
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| Born |
July 23, 1846 New Ross, Ireland |
| Died |
July 17, 1905 (aged 58) Tai'an, China |
| Occupation | missionary, |
| Years active | 28 Years |
| Known for | famine relief work, educator |
| Spouse(s) | Minnie Crawford |
Alfred George Jones (Chinese: 仲鈞安; pinyin: Zhòng Jūnān, 23 July 1846 in New Ross - 17 July 1905 in Tai'an) was a British baptist missionary to China. Jones had his own business in New Ross, Ireland which he delegated to his manager in order to go on his mission to China.[1] He attended Lancashire Independent College, a dissenting academy from 1874 to 1876 and arrived in Yantai, Shandong in 1876.[2] In the following year, he went to Qingzhou to assist Timothy Richard by keeping the accounts for an ongoing relief effort for the victims of the Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–1879.[1] He continued to reside in Qingzhou with the exception of the period from 1889 to 1896, during which he lived in Zouping. He died when a building of the Taishan Temple in Tai'an that he was sleeping in collapsed during a storm.[2]
References
- 1 2 T. Richard, Forty-five years in China : reminiscenses, Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1916
- 1 2 Zhong Junan - Records Office of Shandong Province (in Chinese)
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