Herbert Giles
1845
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1935
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
educated at: Charterhouse School
occupation: sinologist, diplomat, university teacher, writer, translator
award received: Prix Stanislas Julien, Order of the Precious Brilliant Golden Grain
position held: consultant, consul, professor
Herbert Allen Giles (, 8 December 1845 – 13 February 1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist who was the professor of Chinese at the University of Cambridge for 35 years. Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British diplomat in China. He modified a Mandarin Chinese romanization system established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade–Giles Chinese romanization system. Among his many works were translations of the Analects of Confucius, the Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching), the Chuang Tzu, and, in 1892, the widely published A Chinese–English Dictionary. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Editions translated by Herbert Giles 3
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