Calvin Wilson Mateer ( Chinese : 狄 考 文 ; pinyin : Dí Kǎowén , sometimes misspelt "Matteer") (9 January 1836 – 28 September 1908) was a missionary to China with the American Presbyterian Mission . He was of Scottish-Irish descent and a native of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania . He graduated from Western Theological Seminary , Pittsburgh. After serving with the Presbyterian church of Delaware, Ohio, for two years, he arrived in Dengzhou (today part of Penglai City , Shandong ) with his wife Julia Brown Mateer in early January 1864 and continued to work as a missionary in China for 45 years.
3-584: Mateer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Calvin Wilson Mateer (1836–1908), American Presbyterian missionary Diehl Mateer (1928–2012), American hardball squash player and tennis player Jeff Mateer , American lawyer John Mateer (born 1971), South African-born Australian poet and author John Mateer (American football) , American football player Trista Mateer , American poet [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
6-575: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Calvin Wilson Mateer He was the chairman of the committee for Bible translation and presided over the translation of the widely circulated Chinese translation of the Holy Bible , The Chinese Union Version . In 1882, Mateer founded Tengchow College as the first modern institution of higher education in China. Tengchow College became
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