Taylor, J. Hudson (James) (1832-1905)
Place of Birth: Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
Description: Founder of the China Inland Mission
Education: Studied medicine and theology
Christian Work in China: Went to China under newly-formed China Evangelization Society arriving at Shanghai in 1854; stressed prayer and faith in receiving funds; adopted Chinese dress; Dr. Medhurst's book, China, stirred Taylor to go; upon arrival, stayed with Dr. Medhurst for six months; lived in Shanghai, Swatow, Ningpo (1854-1860); resigned from Society but continued in dependence on the Lord; in charge of hospital (Ningpo); married missionary's daughter, Maria Dyer (1858)
Return to England: Returned home (1860), translated NT into Ningpo dialect, wrote book on China, prayed for missionaries for inland China and established China Inland Mission (CIM)
Return to China: Returned to China with wife, children, 16 new missionaries (1866); as CIM director visited China and Europe; returned to China (1872); at the time of his death, CIM had 205 stations, 125,000 Chinese Christians
Place of Death: Changsha
Biographies: Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor, Hudson Taylor in Early Years, 2nd ed., London: Morgan & Scott, 1912; Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor, Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission, London: The China Inland Mission, 1918
