Frederick W. Baller

Frederick William Baller (November 21, 1852 – August 12, 1922) was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China, Chinese linguist, translator, educator and sinologist. Following his conversion to Christianity at age 17 Baller was one of the first students of the Missionary Institute established in the East End of London by Henry Grattan Guinness. Baller applied to the China Inland Mission, and left England on September 3, 1873 with Charles Henry Judd, M. Henry Taylor, and Mary Bowyer. They arrived at Shanghai on November 5, 1873. The following year, he and Mary Bowyer were married at Shanghai on September 17, 1874. Mary was a veteran missionary to China from the beginning of the China Inland Mission, who had ventured out with...