Divie Bethune McCartee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Missionary in China
Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1820
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 17-Jul-1900
Profession: diplomat
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Divie Bethune McCartee
- Divie Bethune McCartee (Simplified Chinese: ???) (1820–1900) was an American Protestant Christian medical missionary, educator and U.S.
- diplomat in China and Japan, first appointed by the American Presbyterian Mission in 1843. In 1845 he organized the first Protestant church on Chinese soil.
- He later served as United States Consul at Ningbo, China and was also judge of the "mixed court" at Shanghai.
- His career in Japan led him to be a professor in the Imperial University at Tokyo, and he was also Secretary of the Chinese legation there.
- His prolific writings covered Asiatic history, linguistics, natural science, medicine and politics in the publications of the American Geographical Society, the American Oriental Society and other associations.
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