Herbert Giles
British sinologist and diplomat (1845-1935) · United Kingdom · On the map · Politicians · Died at 89
Herbert Allen Giles was a British diplomat and sinologist who held the Professorship of Chinese at the University of Cambridge for 35 years. Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British diplomat in China.
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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 , the Chuang Tzu, and, in 1892, the widely published A Chinese-English Dictionary.
