Herbert Giles
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1845 – 1935
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Who was Herbert Giles?
Herbert Allen Giles was a British diplomat, sinologist, and professor of Chinese language. Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British diplomat in China. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system earlier established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade–Giles Chinese romanization system. Among his many works were translations of Confucius, Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, and in 1892 the first widely published Chinese-English dictionary.
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- Born
- Dec 8, 1845
Oxford - Also known as
- Herbert Allen Giles
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Charterhouse School
- Employment
- Columbia University
- Died
- Feb 13, 1935
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on July 23, 2013
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