Frederick Porter Smith

Frederick Porter Smith (1833–1888)[1] was one of the first British medical missionaries to China, in the 19th century.[2][3] The Wesleyan Missionary Committee sent him to Hankow, China, for both philanthropic and evangelical reasons late in 1863.[4]

## Writings[edit]

He wrote several books on China while there and after his return; his 1871 work is only the second English-language work to mention soybean sprouts.[5] Smith also reported on the use of tobacco[6] and of opium in his territory, opining that moderate opium use was "not incompatible with the health of those who practice it".[7]

## Works[edit]

* The Rivers of China (1869)
* A Vocabulary Of Proper Names, In Chinese And English: Of Places, Persons, Tribes, And Sects, In China, Japan, Korea, Annam, Siam, Burma (1870)
* Frederick Porter Smith (1871). Contributions Towards the Materia Medica and Natural History of China. American Presbyterian Mission Press.
* Chinese Materia Medica: Vegetable Kingdom (1911) (with George Arthur Stuart)

The standard author abbreviation F.P.Sm. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Stafleu, Frans A. (Frans Antonie) 1921-1997; Stafleu, Frans A. (Frans Antonie); Cowan, Richard S. (12 March 1976). Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. Vol. v.5 (1985) [Authors Sal-Ste]. Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema. ISBN 9789031302246.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. ^ Fa-ti Fan, "British Naturalists in Qing China: Science, Empire, and Cultural Encounter", Harvard University Press, Jun 30, 2009
3. ^ "Missionary History - What happened when | Methodist Heritage". www.methodistheritage.org.uk.
4. ^ The Wesleyan-Methodist, Wesleyan Conference Office, London, 1864
5. ^ William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi (January 2013). History of Soy Sprouts (100 CE To 2013): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook. Soyinfo Center. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-1-928914-54-9.
6. ^ Carol Benedict (10 April 2011). Golden-Silk Smoke: A History of Tobacco in China, 1550–2010. University of California Press. pp. 134–. ISBN 978-0-520-94856-3.
7. ^ Edward Balfour (1885). The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial, Industrial and Scientific, Products of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures. B. Quaritch. pp. 35–.
8. ^ International Plant Names Index.  F.P.Sm.

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