[English] Herbert Allen Giles (b. 1845 in Oxford; d. 1935 in Cambridge) was a British diplomat and sinologist. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system earlier established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration system.
[Deutsch] Herbert Allen Giles (geb. 1845 in Oxford; gest. 1935 in Cambridge) war ein britischer Diplomat und Sinologe. Er modifizierte das von Thomas Wade etablierte System zur Romanisierung von Mandarin-Chinesisch, wodurch das bekannte Wade-Giles Chinesisch-Transliterationssystem entstand.
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China, East Asia, Buenos Aires, Chine, London, Lucerne, Mallard residence, Memphis, Orbis Tertius, Shantou (Guangdong Sheng, China), Tlön, United States, UqbarPeople
Adolfo Bioy Casares, Brently Mallard, Confucius, Ezra Buckley, Faucigny Lucinge, Herbert Ashe, Jesus Christ, Jorge Luis Borges, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, S. Wells Williams (1812-1884)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL114411A
- ISNI: 0000000115789751
- VIAF: 100178010
- Wikidata: Q713705
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Alternative names
- Herbert A. Giles
- Herbert A. Giles, M.A., LL.D.
- H. A. Giles
- Allen Herbert Giles
- Herbert A Giles
- Herbert Giles
- H. Giles
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