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Johann Schreck

German missionary active in China (1576-1630) · Doctors · Died at 54

Johann(es) Schreck, also Terrenz or Terrentius Constantiensis, Deng Yuhan Hanpo (鄧玉函), Deng Zhen Lohan was a German Jesuit, missionary to China and polymath. He is credited with the development of scientific-technical terminology in Chinese.

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The field mill in the Chinese book Yuanxi Qiqi Tushuo Luzui (Collected Diagrams and Explanations of the Wonderful Machines of the Far West), compiled and translated by Johann Schreck and his Chinese colleague Wang Zheng in 1627

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