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others he mentions, who are described as “geographers”, he became a member of the
Royal Geographic Society,7 as this entry in their list of Fellows indicates. (next page)
FELLOWS OF THE David Bentley Taylor continues:
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL
SOCIETY (CORRECTED Once he went above 17,500 feet and paid the price in
TO 2OTH SEPTEMBER, frost-bite and the loss of a toe on each foot, amputated
1921.) without anaesthetic. He became an expert horseman,
racing with the Tibetans on his splendid black mule. In
1912 ANDREW, REV. G. the missionary community he was soon the recognised
FINDLAY, O.B.E. CHINA authority on anything to do with horses, an interest which
INLAND MISSION, also quickly won him the respect of the Muslims of
SHANGHAI, CHINA Kansu. This rugged training moulded him for life. He was
never an easy-going man.
He was in fact an extraordinary man who, even at this
early stage of his missionary life was marching to a
different drumbeat.
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7 Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission, was also an avid naturalist, observing and classifying
the varied flora and fauna of China which so fascinated him. For his reports on such subjects and on the
topography and cities of China, he was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society.
others he mentions, who are described as “geographers”, he became a member of the
Royal Geographic Society,7 as this entry in their list of Fellows indicates. (next page)
FELLOWS OF THE David Bentley Taylor continues:
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL
SOCIETY (CORRECTED Once he went above 17,500 feet and paid the price in
TO 2OTH SEPTEMBER, frost-bite and the loss of a toe on each foot, amputated
1921.) without anaesthetic. He became an expert horseman,
racing with the Tibetans on his splendid black mule. In
1912 ANDREW, REV. G. the missionary community he was soon the recognised
FINDLAY, O.B.E. CHINA authority on anything to do with horses, an interest which
INLAND MISSION, also quickly won him the respect of the Muslims of
SHANGHAI, CHINA Kansu. This rugged training moulded him for life. He was
never an easy-going man.
He was in fact an extraordinary man who, even at this
early stage of his missionary life was marching to a
different drumbeat.
Return to Table of Contents
7 Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission, was also an avid naturalist, observing and classifying
the varied flora and fauna of China which so fascinated him. For his reports on such subjects and on the
topography and cities of China, he was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society.
