Thomas Francis Wade
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 130 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 25,1818 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | July 31,1895 |
| Died | Cambridge |
| United Kingdom | |
| Field | Sinology |
| Job | Diplomat |
| Education | Harrow School |
| Simplifi chines | 威妥玛 |
| Books | Yu Yen Tzu Erh Chi: a Progressive Course of Colloquial Chinese as Spoken in the Captical and the Metropolitan Department. 2d Ed |
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| ID | 1423108 |
Thomas Francis Wade Life story
Sir Thomas Francis Wade, GCMG KCB 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.