Robert Morrison

Born in England, Robert Morrison joined the London Missionary Society and subsequently became a clergyman. He arrived in Macao in 1807 to conduct missionary work and baptized Choi Kou, a worker of a printing house who was the first Chinese Protestant convert. During Morrison’s missionary career in China, his major contributions were the translation of the Bible into Chinese and its publication, compilation of a Chinese dictionary for use by Westerners, setting up of medical clinics and founded an English newspaper. In 1922, he rebuilt the Morrison Chapel, covering 80m2 by area, in Romanesque architectural style to give the building an elegantly simple look. There is a cemetery behind the Chapel which is the burial ground mainly for English merchants who came to China for business, those English high ranking officers who died in the Opium War of China and for Protestant missionaries.