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Wei Lianchen was born on December 5, 1829 in Falcon and died on August 28, 1890 in Zhifu. He was a pastor of the Scottish United Presbyterian Church and a doctor of law at the University of glassoggh. He became a China missionary in 1855.

Wei Lianchen and his wife arrived in September 1855 in Shandong, and they were the first Christian missionary to arrive in Shandong. They used the city as a base to engage in preaching, running schools, practicing medicine, and other activities. They built an English church in Tongshen Village, established hospitals, and opened schools, starting modern medical and cultural industries in the city. Wei Lianchen often rode horses to the towns and villages near the city of Yan Tai to preach. Because of his beard, he was called "Big Beard Wei". In the early days, he had been preaching in Yan Tai, so he was also called "Yan Tai Wei Lianchen".

His activities later expanded to Shanghai, where he translated the earliest botany translation in modern China with Li Shanlan. He systematically introduced western botany knowledge and had a certain influence on the formation and development of modern Chinese botany. In terms of school associations, he successively initiated the establishment of the "Puzzle Book Association" and the "Guangxue Association". He compiled and published a large number of religious, political, and scientific books. While promoting Buddhism, he also spread the concept of modern Western freedom and democracy, which had an enlightening effect on the reform of 1898 and the new policies of the late Qing Dynasty.

Isabelle, Mrs. Wilson, opened a girls 'school for poor girls in Taizhou. She also wrote The Ancient Road of China, which introduced her travels in Taizhou, Shandong Province, and even the entire Shandong Peninsula in the 1880s, as well as the social life of Shandong in the late Qing Dynasty. Wei Lianchen made a work report at the second conference of Christian Missionaries in China held in April 16th year of Guangxu (May 1890). The content involved the determination of writing two sets of Chinese textbooks for elementary and advanced levels, covering nearly 40 subjects.

In addition, there was also a professor named William Wilson who was born in Switzerland in 1955. He studied at the University of Oxford in England and obtained a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and a Ph.D. degree. He taught at many universities and had rich research results in the field of philosophy. He was an academician of the British National Academy and the Royal College of Athens. He also served as an overseas member of the Norway Institute of Science and Literature. He also served as a visiting scholar at well-known universities and research institutions in many countries.

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