Francis Xavier

Francis Xavier

male, deceased (1552)
ChristianmissionaryinJapan, paul of tarsus, Society of Jesus, spanish, missionary, basque…Christian
Saint Francis Xavier was a Spanish pioneering Roman Catholic Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order). The Roman...
Amy Carmichael

Amy Carmichael

female, deceased (1951)
Irish, from County Down, furlough, humanitarian, missionary, Christian…Christian missionary in India, ChristianmissionaryinJapan
Amy Beatrice (a.k.a. Wilson) Carmichael (December 16 1867-January 18 1951) was a Protestant Christian missionary in India, who opened an orphanage...
James Curtis Hepburn

James Curtis Hepburn

male, deceased (1911)
Meiji Gakuin, Christian missionary in Singapore, ChristianmissionaryinJapan, Lexicographer, American, Bible translator…American expatriate in Japan
James Curtis Hepburn was born in Milton, Pennsylvania. He attended Princeton and Pennsylvania universities and became a doctor. He decided to go to...
Walter Weston

Walter Weston

male, deceased (1940)
Old Derbeian, ChristianmissionaryinJapan, Anglican priest, Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge, clergyman, mountaineer…British expatriate in Japan, missionary, Mountaineering and Exploring in the Japanese Alps
The Reverend Walter Weston (25 December 1860 - 27 March 1940), was an English clergyman, missionary, and mountaineer.

Charles Spinola

male, deceased (1622)
Catholic martyr of the Early Modern era, ChristianmissionaryinJapan, executed by burning at the stake, beatified, Japanese, from Genoa…Christian
Father Charles Spinola was born in Genoa in 1564, the son of the Count of Tassarolo, and the nephew of Cardinal Philip Spinola. He was educated in...
Arthur Tf Reynolds

Arthur Tf Reynolds

male, deceased (2001)
writer, second world war, British, missionary, sapporo, shanxi…Overseas Missionary Fellowship, Christian missionary in China, ChristianmissionaryinJapan, British in China, Japan Evangelistic Band
Arthur Reynolds (1909-2001) was a Christian missionary in China (1933-1951) and Japan (1952-1970) under the auspices of the China Inland Mission,...
Bernard Jean Bettelheim

Bernard Jean Bettelheim

male, deceased (1870)
Christian, Protestant, missionary, european, okinawa, American Civil War surgeon…ChristianmissionaryinJapan
Bernard Jean Bettelheim (1811, Pressburg - d. February 9 1870) was a Christian missionary to Japan. He is best known as the first Protestant...
Guido Verbeck

Guido Verbeck

male, deceased (1898)
death by myocardial infarction, Foundrymen, bakumatsu, Educator, missionary, O-yatoi gaikokujin…ChristianmissionaryinJapan, Dutch expatriate in Japan
Guido Herman Fridolin Verbeck (or Verbeek was a Dutch political advisor, educator, and missionary active in Bakumatsu and Meiji period Japan. He...
Divie Bethune McCartee

Divie Bethune McCartee

male, deceased (1900)
Christian Medical missionary, shanghai, missionary, physician, consul, taiping rebellion…Christian missionary in China, ChristianmissionaryinJapan
Divie Bethune McCartee (1820 - July 17 1900) was a Protestant missionary in China and Japan, appointed by the American Board of Foreign Missions as...