Walter Henry Medhurst
Milne was one of twins born on a ship on voyage from Canton to Malacca. He landed in China at age 2 with his parents. At age 4 he lost his mother。 In 1822, his father died: he was sent back to England, where he studied in Marischal College in Aberdeen, he graduated with a diploma, and was accepted into London Missionary Society and was appointed to China. On July 29, 1839, he left for China, accompanied by James Legge and Dr. Benjamin Hobson;they landed in Macao on December 18. From 1842 to 1842, he visited Ninpo and Zhoushan. He went to Hong Kong in August 1843, to attend the missionary conference of Hong Kong station. He also attended nearly all the Hong Kong meetings about the translation of Scripture. He with Walter Henry Medhurst and J. R. Morrison set up a committee to consult on the translation of names in the Scripture.