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Dec 08, 1845 Oxford, England, United Kingdom Died on 13 Feb 1935 (aged 89)
British sinologist and diplomat
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About Herbert Giles
- Herbert Allen Giles (/'d?a?lz/, 8 December 1845 – 13 February 1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist who was the professor of Chinese at Cambridge University for 35 years.
- Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British diplomat in China.
- He modified a Mandarin Chinese romanisation system established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade–Giles Chinese romanisation system.
- Among his many works were translations of the Analects of Confucius, the Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching), the Chuang Tzu, and, in 1892, the widely published A Chinese-English Dictionary.
