Johannes Von Gumpach

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Johannes Von Gumpach was a German-born Englishman who was hired in China to teach astronomy and mathematics.

In his career, he had written a number of books about the social and economical issues of China.

Books

Practical tables for the reduction of Mahometan dates to the Christian calendar. 1856.

A Popular Inquiry Into the Moon's Rotation on Her Axis. 1856.

The True Figure and Dimensions of the Earth ... in a Letter Addressed to George Biddell Airy. 1862.

Baby-worlds: An essay on the nascent members of our solar household. With an appendix, containing various papers and dissertations, astronomical, meteorological and chronological. 1863.

Time, Space and Eternity. An essay. 1866.

The Burlingame Mission: A Political Disclosure, Supported by Official Documents, Mostly Unpublished. To which are Added: Various Papers and Discourses on the Claim of the Emperor of China to Universal Supremacy; the True Nature of Actual Diplomatic Relations Between China and Western Powers; the Position and Influence in China of Robert Hart, Esq., as Confidential Adviser of the Tsung-li Yamen; the Hart-Alcock Convention; the Dispersion of the Lay-Osborn Flotilla; the "New Chinese University"; the Policy of the United States in China; the New China Policy of England; the Western Policy, and the Diplomacy of the Chinese Government; the Massacre of Tien-tsin; the Chung-'ho Mission; the Audience Question; and the Coming War. 1872.

References

Johannes Von Gumpach Wikipedia

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