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

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

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

^ 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)
^ Fa-ti Fan, "British Naturalists in Qing China: Science, Empire, and Cultural Encounter", Harvard University Press, Jun 30, 2009
^ "Missionary History - What happened when | Methodist Heritage". www.methodistheritage.org.uk.
^ The Wesleyan-Methodist, Wesleyan Conference Office, London, 1864
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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–.
^ International Plant Names Index. F.P.Sm.