James Legge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Legge

missionary in China

Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1815

Place of Birth: Huntly, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 29-Nov-1897

Profession: chaplain, missionary, translator, pedagogue, minister, university teacher, linguist, lexicographer

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

James Legge (; 20 December 1815 – 29 November 1897) was a Scottish sinologist, missionary, and scholar, best known as an early and prolific translator of Classical Chinese texts into English.
Legge served as a representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong (1840–1873) and was the first Professor of Chinese at Oxford University (1876–1897).
In association with Max Müller he prepared the monumental Sacred Books of the East series, published in 50 volumes between 1879 and 1891.