Ernest Johann Eitel (1838-1908), nascut la Wuttemberg, Germania, a fost misionar protestant in China, la Lilang, sectorul Xinian din Canton. In 1865 este transferat la London Missionary Society din Guangzhou, pentru a se ocupa de Misiunea Bolup si de localitatile din imprejurimile orasului Guangzhou. Se muta la Hong Kong in 1870, devenind apoi, in 1875, Director de Studii Chineze.

Opera (selectiv):

Feng-shui: or, The rudiments of natural science in China, 1878; (Editura Herald, 2004).

A Chinese dictionary in the Cantonese dialect, Volume 1, 1877;

A Chinese dictionary in the Cantonese dialect, Volume 2, 1877;

Buddhism: its historical, theoretical and popular aspects, 1873;

Europe in China: the history of Hongkong from the beginning to the year 1882, 1895.