美国传教士哈巴安德在华活动述论

Andrew P. Happer the American Missionary and His Activities in China

哈巴安德是鸦片战争后较早来到中国的美北长老会传教士,也是该差会在粤传教活动的开创者。在华期间,他主要在澳门、广州等地活动,时间长达47年,兴办了诸如神学日校、普通男女中小学、格致书院这样的早期高等教会院校,参与近世教育革新,并积极开展华南地区的医疗事业,出版和发行反映中国现状的论著,反对鸦片贸易,让西方进一步了解中国。哈巴安德是当时对中国社会具有深刻了解的西方人士,他把西方现代教育、医学、天文、宗教等西方文化介绍到中国,促进近代中西文化交流。在早期来华新教传教士中占有一定的地位。

Andrew P. Happer, an American Presbyterian missionary who came to China after the Opium War, was the founder who initiated the missionary activities in Kwang Tung. He worked in Macao and Canton for forty-seven years. His works included missionary work, education and medicine and so on. He enjoyed considerable fame among the early protestant missionaries.