Walter Henry Medhurst
In 1849 Wang Tao's father died. Wang Tao was looking for a job to support his family. He was offered a job by Walter Henry Medhurst at the London Missionary Society Press in Shanghai assisting in his translation of the New Testament into Chinese. Wang Tao worked at the London Missionary Society Press for the next 13 years. In this period, he also translated many English books into Chinese in collaboration with missionaries Alexander Wylie and Joseph Edkins. These included "Pictorial Optics", "An Elementary Introduction to Mechanics", "Concise History of Sino-British Trade", and "A History of Astronomy of the Western Countries".