Arthur Christopher Moule (1873–1957) was a British Anglican sinologist. He held the Professorship of Chinese at the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...

from 1933 to 1938. Moule was born on 18 May 1873 in

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whic ...

, China. His father was missionary George Moule (1828–1912), the first Anglican bishop of mid-China. Moule's uncles

Arthur Evans Moule Arthur Evans Moule (1836–1918) was an English missionary to China. He was the son of Henry Moule, vicar at Fordington, Dorset and his wife Mary. He was educated at the Malta Protestant College and the Church Missionary Society College, Is ...

(1836-1918) and

George Evans Moule George Evans Moule (January 28, 1828, Gillingham, Dorset – March 3, 1912, Auckland Castle) was an Anglican missionary in China and the first Anglican bishop of mid-China. Biography He was the second of eight sons of Henry Moule, an inventor a ...

were also Anglican missionaries in China, and so were many of Moule's six siblings. Another uncle, the theologian

Handley Moule Handley Carr Glyn Moule (23 December 18418 May 1920) was an evangelical Anglican theologian, writer, poet, and Bishop of Durham from 1901 to 1920. Biography Moule was schooled at home before entering Trinity College, Cambridge in 1860, where ...

(1841–1920), became

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. Arthur Christopher was uncle to the famous Cambridge theologian and New Testament scholar

C. F. D. Moule Charles Francis Digby "Charlie" Moule (; 3 December 1908 – 30 September 2007), known professionally as C. F. D. Moule, was an English Anglican priest and theologian. He was a leading scholar of the New Testament and was Lady Marg ...

. Moule was educated at The King's School in

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and

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. He trained as an architect and returned to China to work there, but ended up following his family into missionary work, being ordained in 1904 as a missionary for the

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. He served in northern China for four years before returning to England. In 1918 he received the living of

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just outside of Cambridge, where he could continue his scholarly work on Chinese subjects.Bibliothèque nationale de France .
Arthur-Christopher Moule (1873-1957)
. Moule died on 5 June 1957 in St Leonards-on-Sea,

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, England.

Bibliography

* A List of Musical and Other Sound-Producing Instruments of the Chinese, in ''Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'', vol. 39

908 __NOTOC__ Year 908 ( CMVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * May 15 – The three-year-old Constantine VII, the son of Emperor L ...

(gjenutgitt mange ganger, sist? i 1989) *''Christians in China Before the Year 1550'', London: SPCK, 1930 (Nyutgivelse ved Octagon Books, ) *''Quinsai: With other notes on Marco Polo'', Cambridge University Press, 1957, ASIN : B0000CJPVD *''The rulers of China, 221 B.C.-A.D. 1949; chronological tables. With an introductory section on the earlier rulers c. 2100-249 B.C '', Routledge and K. Paul, 1957, B0007JWGTC * Marco Polo The Description of the World (with

Paul Pelliot Paul Eugène Pelliot (28 May 187826 October 1945) was a French Sinologist and Orientalist best known for his explorations of Central Asia and his discovery of many important Chinese texts such as the Dunhuang manuscripts. Early life and career ...

) * Marco Polo Transcription of the Original in Latin (with Paul Pelliot)

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