[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.
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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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, Chinese literature, History, Translations into English, Chinese poetry, Religions, Conversation and phrase books, Dialects, Dictionaries, Taoism, Civilization, English literature, English poetry, History and criticism, Mandarin, Social life and customs, Translations from Chinese, Chinese Short stories, Confucianism, Literary collections, Manchus, Religion, Translations into Chinese, China, history, qing dynasty, 1644-1912, ChinesePlaces
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17th century, 1935-1947, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 19th century, Qing dai, Qing dynasty, 1644-1912, Republic, 1912-1949ID 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.
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