J. Percy Bruce

Joseph Percy Bruce
Born	1861
Died	1934

Joseph Percy Bruce (Chinese: 卜道成; pinyin: Bo Dàochéng, 1861–1934) was a British missionary to China. In 1908, he purchased about 360,000 square meters (545 mu) of land to the southwest of the old city of Jinan for the establishment of Cheeloo University. He served as Dean of the theological seminary and later as president of Cheeloo University (from 1916 to 1920). After his return to the United Kingdom, he served as governor of the School of Oriental Studies in London^[1] from 1929 to 1931.^[2]

Works

• J. Percy Bruce, "Chu Hsi and His Masters: An Introduction to Chu Hsi and the Sung School of Chinese Philosophy", Probsthain, London, 1923
• J. Percy Bruce, E. Dora Edwards, C. C. Shu, "Linguaphone: Oriental Language Courses", Linguaphone Institut.
• J. Percy Bruce, E. Dora Edwards, She Lao, "Chinese", 1930.
• J. Percy Bruce (editor), "Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan.", 1926

References

1. Da Zheng (26 February 2010). Chiang Yee: The Silent Traveller from the East -- A Cultural Biography. Rutgers University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-8135-4927-9.
2. The Calendar Of The School Of Oriental Studies, 1937