James Granger Bridgman, Protestant minister, was recorded as a resident of Hong Kong from February 19, 1844 to 1846. Bridgman later went to Canton and afterward to Shanghai.
He was the cousin of Elijah Coleman Bridgman, who had arranged for him to go to China (at his own expense) and serve independently as a missionary assistant. He was ordained missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Canton on 31st May, 1846 and was assigned to work in Canton. When Elijah Coleman Bridgman left Canton for Shanghai in 1847, Bridgman became the editor of Chinese Repository and held that position until the arrival of his successor, S. W. Williams, in September 1848.
Bridgman was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 14, 1820. He was the son of Jonathan Bridgman and Jerusha Smith. He was educated at the Hopkins Academy in Hadley, Massachusetts and the Amherst College. Bridgman attempted to kill himself by cutting his throat on December 1, 1850 because of chronic illness. He died five days later.
Selected Bibliography: Biographies, Ricci Roundtable [online]. Bridgman, Elijah Coleman (Ed.), Chinese Repository, Vol. 14, January to December, 1845. Canton: 1845.
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