[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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British sinologist and diplomat (1845–1935)
| Born | 8 December 1845 |
| Died | 13 February 1935. |
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Herbert Allen Giles
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British sinologist and diplomat (1845–1935)
| Born | 8 December 1845 |
| Died | 13 February 1935. |
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Chinese language, History, Chinese literature, Translations into English, Dictionaries, Religions, Chinese poetry, Civilization, Conversation and phrase books, Dialects, English poetry, History and criticism, English, English literature, Literary collections, Mandarin, Social life and customs, Translations from Chinese, Translations into Chinese, Biography, Chinese, Confucianism, Encyclopedias, Fairy tales, Histoire et critiquePlaces
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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
- Library of Congress Names: n79109291
- LibriVox: 3301
- Project Gutenberg: 814
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): SBLV281674
- VIAF: 100178010
- Wikidata: Q713705
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q713705
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- 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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