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In 1853, Michie left Britain and traveled to [[Hong Kong]] where he worked for Lindssy and Co., merchants. In 1857, he became a partner in the business and its representative in [[Shanghai]]. He subsequently worked for other firms and, finally, [[Jardine Matheson]], the largest of the trading companies ([[Hongs]]) in China. He also became the Chairman of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce. |
In 1853, Michie left Britain and traveled to [[Hong Kong]] where he worked for Lindssy and Co., merchants. In 1857, he became a partner in the business and its representative in [[Shanghai]]. He subsequently worked for other firms and, finally, [[Jardine Matheson]], the largest of the trading companies ([[Hongs]]) in China. He also became the Chairman of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce. |
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Revision as of 10:03, 14 October 2025
Alexander Michie (1833-1902) was a Scottish author, journalist, businessman, and traveler. He lived in China from 1853 to 1891. He was editor of the English-language The Chinese Times in Tientsin. His best known book recounts his experiences traveling overland from Peking to Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1863. He also wrote books about the British experience in China and the missionaries who were attempting to convert the Chinese to Christianity
Early life and family
Michie was born in Earlsferry, Fife, Scotland on 1 March 1833. His father, a weaver, was also named Alexander and his mother was Ann Laing. He was educated at Kilconquhar school and worked briefly as a bank assistant at Colinsburgh.[1]
Michie married Ann Robison (b. c. 1840) in London in December 1865 during his return to Britain on furlough from China. The couple returned to China in 1866. They had two children, a son, Alexander, born in 1867, who later worked in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service and Ann Amy Jane, a daughter, born on 21 February 1868. Ann Amy Jane later married Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor, who also worked for the Chinese Customs Service. Michie’s wife, Ann, died on 8 March 1868, two weeks after giving birth to Ann Amy Jane. Michie “worshiped his wife’s memory and his life for 34 years may be said to have been a long silent embodied grief.” He never remarried.[2]
China
In 1853, Michie left Britain and traveled to Hong Kong where he worked for Lindssy and Co., merchants. In 1857, he became a partner in the business and its representative in Shanghai. He subsequently worked for other firms and, finally, Jardine Matheson, the largest of the trading companies (Hongs) in China. He also became the Chairman of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and in 1862 was elected to the Shanghai Municipal Council which governed the International Settlement .
Works
- The Siberian overland route from Peking to Petersburg, through the deserts and steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, &c, J. Murray, (1864)
- Missionaries in China, E. Stanford, (1891)
- The Englishman in China during the Victorian Era, two volumes, W. Blackwood & sons, (1900)
- China and Christianity, Knight and Millet, (1900)
- The political obstacles to missionary success in China, Hongkong Daily Press Office (1901)
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