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Thomas Francis Wade

British linguist (1818–1895)

  • Fame48.9
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia1.3K
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Lived 1818–1895, aged 77
WritersWriter / Author
  • Wikipedia
    19 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1818–1895
    Aged 77
  • Awards
    2
    recognised works
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Updated 2026-06-19

Sir Thomas Francis Wade, was a British diplomat and sinologist who produced an early Chinese textbook in English, in 1867, that was later amended, extended and converted into the Wade-Giles romanization system for Mandarin Chinese by Herbert Giles in 1892. He was the first professor of Chinese at Cambridge University.

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