GUTZLAFF, gntslitf, KARL, F.A. (1803-51). A missionary, historian, and author, born at Py ritz, Pomerania. In the service of the Nether lands Missionary Society, he studied Chinese at Batavia, 1826-28. Severing his connection with the Missionary Society, he went to Singapore, and :a few months later to Siam, where be engaged in translating the Scriptures into Siamese. His lvife dying in 1831, he went to Macao, where, and later at Hong Kong, he assisted Morrison (q.v.) and Medhurst (q.v.) in translating the Bible into Chinese, and was incessantly active in Gospel labors. In personal appearance, Glitz laff was so like a native that he was able to pass for one when traveling in the costume of the country. His influence as physician and preacher was magnetic. He served for a while as interpreter to the British Government, assist ing in the peace negotiations of 1842. He was especially active in raising up a native ministry and in diffusing information in Chinese. He
made many voyages in countries near China. On his visit to Europe, his powerful addresses inspired many young men to enter upon East ern careers, among them G. F. Verbeck (q.v.), Japan. and Sir Harry Parkes (q.v.), China. See his Journal of Three Voyages Along the Coast of China, with Notices of Siam, Corea, and the Loo Choo Islands (New York, 1833) ; Chinese History (2 vols., London, 1834) ; China Opened (revised by the Rev. Andrew Reed, 2 vols., Lon don, 1838; a German edition of this work was also published, Stuttgart, 1847) ; Life of Thou /1"/year/, Late Emperor of China (1851), besides many learned contributions to periodicals. He died at Hong Kong. One of the ablest and most efficient men in the opening of the East, his services have received scant recognition. A biog raphy of Giitzlaff by Gaihau, Giitzlaff der Nis sionar der Chinesen, was brought out at Duis burg in 1850.