Evan Bryant (April 22, 1839 – March 28, 1918) was a Congregational missionary to China who served initially with the London Missionary Society and then the

British and Foreign Bible Society The British and Foreign Bible Society, often known in England and Wales as simply the Bible Society, is a non-denominational Christian Bible society with charity status whose purpose is to make the Bible available throughout the world. The Soc ...

(1884-1892) during the late

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. In March 1887 Bryant reached Seoul for the purpose of prospecting the country for the work of the British and Foreign Bible Society.Lak Geoon George Paik, The History of Protestant Missions in Korea 1832-1910, pg. 152

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