Johannes Von Gumpach

Johannes Von Gumpach was a German-born Englishman who was hired in China to teach astronomy and mathematics.^[1]

In his career, he had written a number of books about the social and economical issues of China.

Books

• Practical tables for the reduction of Mahometan dates to the Christian calendar. 1856. 
• The True Figure and Dimensions of the Earth ... in a Letter Addressed to George Biddell Airy. 1862. 
• Baby-worlds: An essay on the nascent members of our solar household. With an appendix, containing various papers and dissertations, astronomical, meteorological and chronological. 1863. 
• Time, Space and Eternity. An essay. 1866. 
• The Burlingame Mission: A Political Disclosure, Supported by Official Documents, Mostly Unpublished. To which are Added: Various Papers and Discourses on the Claim of the Emperor of China to Universal Supremacy; the True Nature of Actual Diplomatic Relations Between China and Western Powers; the Position and Influence in China of Robert Hart, Esq., as Confidential Adviser of the Tsung-li Yamen; the Hart-Alcock Convention; the Dispersion of the Lay-Osborn Flotilla; the "New Chinese University"; the Policy of the United States in China; the New China Policy of England; the Western Policy, and the Diplomacy of the Chinese Government; the Massacre of Tien-tsin; the Chung-'ho Mission; the Audience Question; and the Coming War. 1872. 

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