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Martin (WILLIAM ALEXANDER PARSONS)

WILLIAM ALEXANDER PARSONS, an American educator; born in Livonia, Ind., April 10, 1827. A missionary originally at Ningpo, China (1850-1860). he founded and directed the MARTINELLI Presbyterian mission at Peking, 1863- 1868; became Professor of International Law at Tungwên College, Peking, in 1868; president in 1869; was sent by China to the United States and Europe to report on methods of education in 1880- 1881. From 1898 to 1900 he was president of the Imperial University of Peking. He published in Chinese, " Evidences of Christianity" (1855); "The Three Principles" (1856) ; etc.; in English, "The Lore of Cathay, or the Intellect of China" (1901). He died in 1916.