Herbert Giles
Herbert Allen Giles (born December 8, 1845 in Oxford , Oxfordshire , † February 13, 1935 in Cambridge , Cambridgeshire ) was a British sinologist .
Life
Between 1880 and 1893 he served in British colonial service in the Empire of China, and in 1897 he succeeded Thomas Wade as professor of Sinology at Cambridge University . Giles compiled the pioneering lexicon " A Chinese-English Dictionary " and refined the Wades transcription to the Wade-Giles system , which was authoritative for Western Sinology until the spread of Pinyin .
Works
- Using Examples to Learn the Spoken Language ( 語 學 舉 隅 Yuxue Juyu ) (1873)
- Using Examples to Learn the Written Language ( 字 學 舉 隅 Zixue Juyu ) (1874)
- Chinese Sketches (1876)
- A History of Chinese Literature (1901) ( overview )
- A Chinese Biographical Dictionary (1898) ( digitized )
- Religions of Ancient China (1905)
- The Civilization of China (1911)
- China and the Manchus (1912)
- A Chinese-English Dictionary ( 華英 字典 Hua-Ying Zidian) (1892, Shanghai ; 1912, London ) ( digitized: I , II )
- Chuang Tzǔ: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer (Shanghai 1926)
Web links
Wikisource: Herbert Allen Giles - Sources and full texts
- Literature by and about Herbert Giles in the catalog of the German National Library
- A Catalog of the Wade Collection of Chinese and Manchu Books in the library of the University of Cambridge , Cambridge, 1898, E-Book der Universitätsbibliothek Wien ( eBooks on Demand )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giles, Herbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Giles, Herbert Allen (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British sinologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1935 |
| Place of death | Cambridge |