James Hudson Taylor is regarded as one of the most "important and influential missionaries of all time." He was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China and founder of the China Inland Missi
Taylor in 1893 with a handwritten note and signature
Hudson Taylor worked at Dr. Hardey's, and lodged for a time at his brother's home Mr Richard Hardey, 16 Kingston Square, Hull (top) and then moved and lived in the near-poverty of Drainside
Hudson Taylor travelled by boat around the canals and waterways of China, preaching and distributing Bibles
Maria Jane Taylor was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China, and "Mother" of the China Inland Mission with her husband, founder James Hudson Taylor. She was a pioneer missionary and educa
Hudson Taylor
…William Parker, and moved to Ningbo as an independent missionary. There he made his first convert to Christianity. In 1858, Taylor fell in love with Maria Dyer, the orphaned daughter of the Reverend Samuel Dyer of the London Missionary Society. Maria was working in Ningbo at a girls' school run by Mary Ann…
Maria Dyer was born in the British Straits Settlements of Malacca. This shows the harbor in 1831 just before she was born.
Maria & Hudson Taylor in 1865.