William Edward Macklin
William Edward Macklin | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Statue of William E. Macklin in Gulou Hospital in 2010 | |||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | 19 May 1860 | ||||||
| Died | August 8, 1947 (aged 87) California, United States | ||||||
| Denomination | Protestant | ||||||
| Alma mater | University of Toronto | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 马林 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 馬林 | ||||||
| |||||||
William Edward Macklin (19 May 1860 – 8 August 1947), also known by his Chinese name Ma Lin (马林), was a Canadian medical missionary who mainly practiced in China.[1]
Biography
[edit]
William Edward Macklin was born in London, Ontario, Canada on 19 May 1860.[1] His grandfather was an Irish Methodist minister.[1] His father was a merchant.[1] His mother was a devout Christian of French and Irish descent.[1] He had a brother Alfred, who became a physician, and a younger sister Daisy, also a doctor and medical missionary (马芳), as well as three other siblings.[1][2][3]
In 1880 he graduated from the University of Toronto, where he majored in medical science.[1] In January 1886, Macklin was sent by the Foreign Christian Missionary Society and became the first missionary of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to China.[1][4] He settled in Nanjing in April of that same year.[1] Later he established three churches in Nanjing.[1] He started the Nanking Christian Hospital, also known as the Drum Tower Hospital, in 1890 and was completed in 1893, which is the first formal western hospital in Nanjing.[1][5] The hospital was locally known as "Ma Lin Hospital".[1] He often preached in Chuxian, Hefei and other places in Anhui province. In January 1914, Jinling University acquired the hospital as an affiliated hospital, which was renamed "University Hospital of Nanking".[1]
He was known as a public health reformer and follower of the social philosophy of Henry George.[6]
In 1927, with the onset of the Chinese Civil War, his life was threatened, and he and his family left Nanjing.[7] He and his wife settled in San Gabriel, California, where he died on 8 August 1947.[1]
In 2012, Jimmy Carter visited Nanjing to unveil a statue of Macklin and dedicate a new wing of the Drum Tower Hospital.[8]
Personal life
[edit]He married Dorothy DeLany in January 1889.[1] The couple had eight children.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Xu Ligang (徐立刚) (7 December 2020). 行医办学、关注社会、情系中国——加拿大传教士马林的人生. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Reflections: Celebrating the achievements of Dr. Daisy Macklin". stratfordbeaconherald. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
- ^ "Dr. Daisy Mary Moore Macklin (1873 – 1925) – Stratford & District Historical Society". 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ The United Christian Missionary Society (1948-01-01). "They Went To China: Biographies of Missionaries of the Disciples of Christ". Stone-Campbell Books.
- ^ Wu Nan (邬楠) (14 May 2018). 鼓楼医院历史纪念馆. ifeng.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ Miller, Joseph Dana. "Review of the Book 'William E. Macklin, A Devoted and Heroic Life' by Edith Eberle -- 1937". cooperative-individualism.org. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ a b "Move over, Bethune. There's a new medical hero". The Globe and Mail. 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ "Former U.S. president, Global Ministries dedicate hospital wing in Nanjing". Global Ministries. 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
Further reading
[edit]- Liang Yanhong (梁燕红) (2014). 传教士马林编译〈富民策〉研究 [A Research on Fu Min Ce Compiled by Missionary William E. Macklin] (Thesis) (in Chinese). Changsha, Hunan: Hunan University. p. 45.