Public success, private sorrow
Subtitle: the life and times of Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor (1857-1938), China Customs Commissioner and pioneer translator
By: Isidore Cyril Cannon.
Series: Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press; Eurospan distributor]
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hong Kong; [London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9789622099616
Subjects: Brewitt-Taylor, C. H. -- b. 1857; China. -- Hai guan zong shui wu si shu -- Officials and employees -- Biography; Translators -- China -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: The story of an Englishman who lived through the last years of the Qing dynasty, was trapped in the British Legation during the Boxer uprising and went on to occupy a number of senior positions in the Imperial Customs as Commissioner of Customs in various ports, Shanghai Postmaster and first Director of the important Customs College.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-254) and index.