James Legge

James Legge
Missionary to China
Born	(1815-12-20)20 December 1815 Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died	29 November 1897(1897-11-29) (aged 81) Oxford, England
Alma mater	University of Aberdeen
Chinese name
Chinese	理雅各
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Yǎgè Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Léih Ngáah-gok

James Legge (/lɛɡ/; 20 December 1815 – 29 November 1897) was a Scottish linguist, missionary, sinologist, and translator who was best known as an early 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.