Thomas Manning
1772
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1840
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Gonville and Caius College
Thomas Manning (8 November 1772 – 1840) is considered the first lay Chinese studies scholar in Europe and was the first Englishman to enter Lhasa, the holy city of Tibet. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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