Samuel Wells Williams (衛三畏; 22 September 1812 - February 16, 1884) was a linguist, official, missionary and Sinologist from the United States in the early 19th century.
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—Anonymous. quoted in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, Feb. 1776 (1791)
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