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History fans may like to know that the street is named for Swansea boy Griffith John who left his hometown in the 1850s to become a missionary in China where he established schools and hospitals, and campaigned against the UK gov’s involvement in the opium trade
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The man from Wales you've never heard of who has a statue to him in China
Griffith John came from a poor copper-working family, but became something of a legend in a foreign land
www.walesonline.co.uk
April 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
History fans may like to know that the street is named for Swansea boy Griffith John who left his hometown in the 1850s to become a missionary in China where he established schools and hospitals, and campaigned against the UK gov’s involvement in the opium trade
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...