David Washington Cincinnatus Olyphant (March7, 1789 – June10, 1851) was an American trader in the Far East and "the father of the American Mission to China". He was an elected member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), the organization that sent the first American missionaries to China in 1829.
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7 March 1789 Newport, Rhode Island
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10 June 1851 (aged 62) Cairo, Egypt
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