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John Livingston Nevius (4 March 1829 – 19 October 1893) was an American Protestant missionary in China for forty years, appointed by the American Presbyterian Mission; his ideas on mission organization were also very important in the spread of the church in Korea. He wrote several books on the themes of Chinese religions, customs and social life, and missionary work. == Biography == Nevius was born on a farm halfway between the villages of Lodi and Ovid in the "Lake country" of western New Yor…