Arthur Henderson Smith

Arthur Henderson Smith
Chinese明恩溥
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMíng Ēnpǔ
Wade–GilesMing2 En1-p'u3

Arthur Henderson Smith (July 18, 1845  August 31, 1932) (Chinese name: 明恩溥; pinyin: Ming Enpu) was a Christian missionary and a member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, noted for spending 54 years as a missionary in China and writing books which presented China to foreign readers. These books include Chinese Characteristics, Village Life in China, The Uplift of China and China in Convulsion (1901), which describes his time under siege in Beijing (Peking) in the Boxer Rebellion. In the 1920s, Chinese Characteristics was still the most widely read book on China among foreign residents there.