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Joseph Bailie
Joseph Bailie (1860–1935) was an Irish-American missionary and economist active in China during the late Qing dynasty and the Republic of China. Bailie was born in Ballycloughan, Ireland in 1860. He was a naturalized American citizen. From 1891 to 1898, Bailie served as a missionary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in Suzhou. From 1899 to 1901, he was a professor at the Imperial University in Beijing. In 1914, he founded the College of Agriculture and Forestry of Nanjing University. From 1919 to 1930 he worked on founding the Bureau of Industrial Service in Nanjing; in 1931 he established a similar Bureau in Shenyang. In 1928, he met Rewi Alley, who named the Bailie Schools (now Beijing Bailie University) after him. During his time in China, he founded settlements in Lai'an, Anhui (1913) and Jilin (1917); worked on flood management from 1917 to 1918 and 1931–32, the latter period in Hankou; and advised the court in Hexian, Anhui from 1934 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled , . In Kurdish (''Kurdî''), the name is , Persian, the name is , and in Turkish it is . In Pashto the name is spelled ''Esaf'' (ايسپ) and in Malayalam it is spelled ''Ousep'' (ഔസേപ്പ്). In Tamil, it is spelled as ''Yosepu'' (யோசேப்பு). The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |