Abstract As a unique group,missionaries played a role of communicators in the establishment of Chinese modern science. This paper summarizes the development status of Chinese chemical subjects before the western missionaries come to China, and analyzes the main purpose and background of missionary work in China. As well as enumerating the main ways and results of the chemical knowledge that missionaries communicated in China, aiming to explore the role of the missionaries in the process of chemical transmission in modern China. By analyzing the motivation and effect of Chinese missionaries in China, the paper tries to make an objective evaluation of its role in the establishment of modern chemical process in China.
JIANG Jia-Fa, SHU Xiao-Yue, GE Qiu-Lin. Western Missionaries and Spread of Modern Chemistry in China[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2019, 40(18): 89-93.
