James Laidlaw Maxwell Jr
James Laidlaw Maxwell, Junior (Chinese: 馬雅各二世; 1876 – 12 August 1951) was a pioneering modern English Presbyterian medical missionary to Formosa (Taiwan) and China. He was the son of James Laidlaw Maxwell, Senior.
J. Laidlaw Maxwell followed his father, and served in the Tainan Sin-lâu Hospital his father started from 1900 to 1923, during Taiwan's Japanese era. In 1923, he was appointed secretary of the China Medical Missionary Association. He died of Malaria in Hangchow in 1951.
References
- Hugh MacMillan (1953). Then Till Now in Formosa. English and Canadian Presbyterian Missions in Formosa. OL 16996587M.
Christian missionaries in Taiwan | |||||
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| 17th century |
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- 1876 births
- 1951 deaths
- History of Taiwan
- English Presbyterian missionaries
- Presbyterian missionaries in Taiwan
- Presbyterian missionaries in China
- Deaths from malaria
- British expatriates in Taiwan
- Infectious disease deaths in the People's Republic of China
- Christian medical missionaries