Alfred G. Jones

Alfred George Jones
Born (1846-07-23)July 23, 1846
New Ross, Ireland
Died July 17, 1905(1905-07-17) (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: ; 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. 1 2 T. Richard, Forty-five years in China : reminiscenses, Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1916
  2. 1 2 Zhong Junan - Records Office of Shandong Province (in Chinese)


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