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Herbert Allen Giles

[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

Born 8 December 1845
Died 13 February 1935.

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  • Cover of: An introduction to the history of Chinese pictorial art

    First published in 1905 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition introductiontohi00gile_0
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    First published in 1879 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition arcanasaiticabr00gilegoog
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  • Cover of: Chinese without a teacher, being a collection of easy and useful sentences in the Mandarin dialect, with a vocabulary.

    First published in 1901 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1923 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A glossary of reference on subjects connected with the Far East

    First published in 1886 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1873 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Synoptical studies in Chinese character =: Yü chü hsüeh tzu

    First published in 1874 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition cu31924083649016
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    First published in 1912 2 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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British sinologist and diplomat

Born 8 December 1845
Died 13 February 1935.
Subjects
Chinese language, History, Translations into English, Chinese literature, Dictionaries, Chinese poetry, Religions, Conversation and phrase books, Dialects, Civilization, English, History and criticism, Mandarin, Social life and customs, Chinese, Confucianism, Encyclopedias, English literature, English poetry, Histoire et critique, Literary collections, Littérature chinoise, Painting, Religion, Translations from Chinese
Places
China, East Asia, Buenos Aires, Chine, London, Lucerne, Mallard residence, Memphis, Orbis Tertius, Shantou (Guangdong Sheng, China), Tlön, United States, Uqbar
People
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)
Time
17th century, 1935-1947, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 19th century, Republic, 1912-1949

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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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April 1, 2011 Edited by marycee Added new photo
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import