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Sir John Francis Davis

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Born 1795
Died 1890

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  • Cover of: The Chinese: a general description of the empire of China and its inhabitants

    Cover of edition chinesegeneralde01daviuoft Cover of edition chinesegeneralde01davi Cover of edition chinesegeneralde02daviuoft Cover of edition chinesegeneralde00davi Cover of edition chineseageneral01goog First published in 1800 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: China, during the war and since the peace.

    Cover of edition chinaduringwarsi0000davi First published in 1852 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Hien wun shoo.: Chinese moral maxims, with a free and verbal translation; affording examples of the grammatical structure of the language.

    First published in 1823 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: poetry of the Chinese =: Han wen shih chieh = Poeseos sinicæae commentarii

    First published in 1870 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Poeseos Sinicae commentarii: the poetry of the Chinese.

    Cover of edition poeseossinicaec00davigoog First published in 1870 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Chinese novels: translated from the originals; to which are added proverbs and moral maxims, collected from their classical books and other sources. The whole prefaced by observations on the language and literature of China.

    Cover of edition chinesenovelstra00davi First published in 1822 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Chinese miscellanies: a collection of essays and notes.

    First published in 1865 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: China: a general description of that empire and its inhabitants; with the history of foreign intercourse down to the events which produced the dissolution of 1857

    First published in 1857 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Chinese: a general description of the empire of China and its inhabitants.

    First published in 1972 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Chinese novels (1822)

    First published in 1976 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Chinese novels, translated from the originals; to which are added proverbs and moral maxims, collected from their classical books and other sources: The whole prefaced by Observations on the language and literature of China

    First published in 1822 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: San-Yu-Low; or, The three dedicated rooms: a tale translated from the Chinese.

    First published in 1815 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Vizier Ali Khan; or, The massacre of Benares: a chapter in British Indian history ...

    First published in 1871 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: vocabulary, containing Chinese words and phrases peculiar to Canton and Macao, and to the trade of those places; together with the titles and address of all the officers of government, Hong merchants, &c. &c. Alphabetically arranged, and intended as anaid to correspondence and conversation in the native language.

    First published in 1824 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Chinese: a general description of the empire of China and its inhabitants

    First published in 1848 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1855 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Chinese moral maxims

    First published in 1920 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On Chusan

    First published in 1856 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Chinese moral maxims

    First published in 1942 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: San-Yu-Low; or, The three dedicated rooms: a tale translated from the Chinese

    First published in 1815 — 1 edition
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We need a photo of Sir John Francis Davis

Born 1795
Died 1890

Subjects

History, Description and travel, Chinese literature, Chinese language, Translations into English, Chinese Maxims, Chinese Proverbs, Chinese fiction, Chinese poetry, History and criticism, Maxims, Readers, Social life and customs, Texts and translations, Travel, China Opium War, 1840-1842, China, description and travel, China, history, Chinese Translations, English literature, Fiction, Sources, Translations, Translations into Chinese

Places

China, Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China), Zhoushan Archipelago (China)

People

John Francis Davis Sir (1795-1890)

Time

Opium War, 1840-1842, Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912

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Alternative names

  • Davis, John Francis Sir, bart
  • Davis, John Francis Sir

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June 5, 2018 Edited by Charles Horn add wikidata and viaf
June 5, 2018 Edited by Charles Horn merge authors
July 20, 2016 Edited by LeadSongDog Edited without comment.
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import