Carstairs Douglas

Carstairs Douglas
Missionary and Linguist
Born	27 December 1830 Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Died	26 July 1877(1877-07-26) (aged 46) Xiamen, Fujian, China (Qing dynasty)
Nationality	Scottish
Alma mater	University of Glasgow University of Edinburgh
Title	LL.D.
Parent(s)	Rev. Robert Douglas Janet Monteath

Carstairs Douglas (Chinese: 杜嘉德; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tō͘ Ka-tek; 27 December 1830 in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire – 26 July 1877 in Xiamen, China) was a Scottish missionary, remembered chiefly for his writings concerning the Hokkien language of Southern Min in Southern Fujian, in particular his Chinese–English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy.