Karl Gützlaff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German missionary in China
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Place of Birth: Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
About Karl Gützlaff
- Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff (8 July 1803 – 9 August 1851), anglicised as Charles Gutzlaff, was a German Lutheran missionary to the Far East, notable as one of the first Protestant missionaries in Bangkok, Thailand (1828) and in Korea (1832).
- He was also the first Lutheran missionary to China.
- He was a magistrate in Ningpo and Chusan and the second Chinese Secretary of the British administration in Hong Kong. He wrote widely read books and served as interpreter for British diplomatic missions during the First Opium War.
- Gützlaff was one of the first Protestant missionaries in China to wear Chinese clothing.
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