Herbert Giles

E890622
diplomat human sinologist

Herbert Giles was a British sinologist and diplomat best known for co-developing the Wade–Giles system of romanizing Chinese.

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Label Occurrences
Herbert Allen Giles 1
Herbert Giles canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
sinologist ⓘ
birthDate 1845-12-08 ⓘ
child Lionel Giles NERFINISHED ⓘ
coDeveloperOf Wade–Giles romanization system NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1935-02-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Charterhouse School NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer British Consular Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
endTime 1932 ⓘ
familyName Giles NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork Chinese studies ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ
translation ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
dictionary ⓘ
literary history ⓘ
givenName Herbert ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Asiatic Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
name Herbert Allen Giles NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement popularized Wade–Giles romanization in the English-speaking world ⓘ
notableStudent Lionel Giles NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork A Chinese–English Dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ
A Glossary of Reference on Subjects Connected with the Far East NERFINISHED ⓘ
A History of Chinese Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chinese Biographical Dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chinese Sketches NERFINISHED ⓘ
Religions of Ancient China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (translation) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wade–Giles romanization system NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
sinologist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lacock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Chinese at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
spouse Catherine Maria Fenn NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1897 ⓘ
workLocation Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wade–Giles → namedAfter → Herbert Giles ⓘ
Wade–Giles → developer → Herbert Giles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Herbert Allen Giles