"Young John Allen (1836–1907) arrived in Shanghai in 1860 and served in China for forty-seven years. In 1868 he founded the Church News (Jiaohui Xinbao), renamed the Globe Magazine (Wanguo Gongbao) in 1874; in 1881 he founded the Anglo-Chinese College in Shanghai, later merged into Soochow University. Advocating "using learning to support the faith," he was at once missionary, educator, translator and newspaper editor."
— Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity (BDCC)
Source: "Lin Lezhi (Young John Allen)," Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity (bdcconline.net)
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