Sam Pollard (missionary)
Samuel Pollard (20 April 1864 in Camelford, Cornwall – 16 September 1915 in Weining, China), known in Chinese as Bo Geli (Chinese: 柏格理; pinyin: Bó Gélǐ) was a British Methodist missionary to China with the China Inland Mission who converted many of the A-Hmao (closely related to the Hmong) in Guizhou to Christianity, and who created a Miao script that is still in use today.
Samuel Pollard | |
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Pollard on furlough | |
| Born | 20 April 1864 |
| Died | 16 September 1915 (aged 51) |
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