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BIOGRAPHY

Born the son of a Bible Christian Church preacher, Sam Pollard initially aimed for a career in the civil service. However, a conference in London in 1885 encouraged him to instead become a missionary. He was appointed a missionary in 1886 , left the United Kingdom for China in 1887 , and was posted to Yunnan province in 1888 . He remained in China, as a missionary, until his death from Typhoid .

In " (also sometimes called the "Ahmao script"). He based the script upon ideas taken from Shorthand .

During his mission he travelled extensively, founding churches, training other missionaries, performing the role of language examiner, and arguing the causes of Miao Christians.


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  • 6 — the School of Oriental and African Studies Library holds most of Sam Pollard's notes, diaries, letters, and papers

  • 7 — Morrison recounts meeting Sam Pollard and his wife at the Bible Christian Mission in 1894

  • 8 — reports on an article in '' The Sunday Times '' describing the continuing influence of the work of Sam Pollard after his death

  • 9 — quotes Sam Pollard in his efforts to instil a "new-born sense of shame" into his converts, to curb behaviour that he regarded as being drunkenness and promiscuity

  • 10 — Dingle describes how Sam Pollard used positioning of vowel marks relative to consonants to indicate Tone s

  • 11 — Lemoine reports that after 1949 the Pollard script was retained as a symbol of cultural identity and pride

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