Issachar Jacox Roberts

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Issachar Jacox Roberts (1802 – 1871) was an American Baptist missionary in 19th century China. Roberts was born in Sumner County, Tennessee, and graduated from Furman University, a Baptist school in Greenville, South Carolina, where he was thrown out, known for his erratic behaviour. Roberts was the only baptist known to have influenced Hong Xiuquan (洪秀全, Wade-Giles: Hung Hsiu-ch'üan), the Haka who "led" the Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864) against the Qing Dynasty.

The man was known for his erratic behaviour and "falling into difficultes with nearly everyone who worked with him", which costs his connection with Southern Baptist Convention.

[edit] References

• American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society Archives, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Issachar J. Roberts papers and correspondence
• Boardman, Eugene Powers, Christian Influence on the Ideology of the Taiping Rebellion, 1952
• Coughlin, Margaret Morgan, "Strangers in the House: J. Lewis Shuck and Issachar Roberts, First American Baptist Missionaries in China, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Virginia, 1972
• Pruden, George Blackburn Jr., "Issachar Jacox Roberts and American Diplomacy in China." Ph.D. dissertation, American University, 1977
• Teng, Yuan Chung, "Reverend Issachar Jacox Roberts and the Taiping Rebellion," Journal of Asian Studies, 23, no. 1, (1963) 55-67. Available via JSTOR.

Persondata
NAME	Roberts, Issachar Jacox
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	missionary in China
DATE OF BIRTH	1802
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sumner County, Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH	1871
PLACE OF DEATH