Born 21 May 1832 in Barnsley, England Converted to Christianity June 1849 in Barnsley Began medical studies, in hopes of going to China, May 1850 in Kingston upon Hull Baptised 1851 in Kingston upon Hull Moved 2 September 1852 to London First time in China (1854) Sailed for China aboard the Dumfries as an agent of the Chinese Evangelisation Society 19 September 1853 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England The Dumfries arrived 1 March 1854 in Shanghai, China Seven months with the William Chalmers Burns 1855–56 Sailed to Shantou (Swatow), Guangdong, China aboard the "Geelong" 12 March 1856 Moved October 1856 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China Resigned from the Chinese Evangelisation Society June 1857 in Ningbo Ningbo Mission started after June 1857 in Ningbo Married Maria Jane Dyer, 20 January 1858 in Presbyterian Compound, Ningbo Grace Dyer Taylor born 31 July 1859 in Ningbo Mission House Undertook charge of William Parker's hospital with Maria, September 1859 outside Salt Gate, Ningbo Made first appeal to England for helpers 16 January 1860 in Ningbo Life in London (1860 to 1866) Sailed to England (via the Cape of Good Hope) on furlough aboard the Jubliee with Maria, Grace and Wang Laijun, 19 July 1860 in Shanghai. The Jubliee arrived 20 November 1860 in Gravesend, England Settled 20 November 1860 in 63 Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, London Completed the revision of a version of the New Testament in the colloquial of Ningbo for the British and Foreign Bible Society 1860–65 Herbert Hudson Taylor born 3 April 1861 in 63 Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, London Moved after 9 April 1861 to 1 Beaumont Street, London Earned diploma of Member of the Royal College of Surgeons 1862 in Royal London Hospital, London Frederick Howard Taylor born 25 November 1862 in 1 Beaumont Street, Mile End Road, London Samuel Dyer Taylor born 24 June 1864 in Barnsley, Yorkshire Moved 6 October 1864 to 30 Coborn Street, London The China Inland Mission is founded, 25 June 1865 in Brighton Beach, Sussex China's Spiritual Need and Claims published, October 1865 in London Occasional Paper of the China Inland Mission Number 1 is published, 12 March 1866 in London Return to China (1866 to 1871) Sailed to China (via the Cape of Good Hope) aboard the Lammermuir with Maria and four children, 26 May 1866 in East India Docks, London. Arrived aboard the Lammermuir 29 September 1866 in Shanghai, China Settled with the Lammermuir Party,