Death and Memorial
Douglas died of cholera on 26 July 1877 at the age of 47 in his adopted home of Xiamen and was buried on Gulangyu. He is memorialised in a stained-glass window in St. Bryce Kirk, Kirkcaldy which was dedicated by his brother, an elder of the kirk.
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