Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky

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Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky was a Bishop of Shanghai, China. He founded St. John's University, Shanghai in 1897.

Scherschewsky was born in Lithuania to Jewish parents. After immigrating to the United States, he converted to Christianity, and was called by the Episcopal Church to China in 1859.

St. John's began with 39 students, and taught mainly in Chinese. In 1891 it changed to English teaching, and courses began to focus on science and natural philosophy.