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| description = British diplomat and sinologist; son of [[Author:John Allen Giles|John Allen Giles]] and father of [[Author:Lionel Giles|Lionel Giles]] {{EB1911 contributor|{{sc|H. A. Gi}}}}
| birthyear = 1845
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| deathyear = 1935
| description = British diplomat and sinologist. Father of [[Author:Lionel Giles|Lionel Giles]].{{EB1911 contributor|{{sc|H. A. Gi}}}}
| image = Gems of Chinese Literature pg 6.png
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==Works==
==Works==
* ''[[Synoptical Studies in Chinese Character]]'' (1874) {{small scan link|Synoptical studies in the Chinese character (1874).djvu}}
* ''Gems of Chinese Literature'' (1883; [[Gems of Chinese Literature|second edition: 1922]])
* ''[[A Chinese Biographical Dictionary]]'' (1898) {{small scan link|A Chinese Biographical Dictionary.djvu}}
* ''[[A Chinese Biographical Dictionary]]'' (1898) {{small scan link|A Chinese Biographical Dictionary.djvu}}
* ''[[A History of Chinese Literature]]'' (1901)
* ''[[A History of Chinese Literature]]'' (1901) {{small scan link|A history of Chinese literature - Giles.djvu}}
* ''[[China and the Chinese]]'' (1902)
* ''[[China and the Chinese]]'' (1902)
* ''[[Religions of Ancient China]]'' (1906)
* ''[[Religions of Ancient China]]'' (1906)
* ''[[The Civilization of China]]'' (1911)
* ''[[The Civilization of China]]'' (1911)
* ''[[China and the Manchus]]'' (1912)
* ''[[China and the Manchus]]'' (1912)
* [[Confucianism and Its Rivals]], 1915 {{ext scan link|http://www.sacred-texts.com/cfu/cair/index.htm}}
* ''[[Confucianism and Its Rivals]]'' (1915) {{ext scan link|http://www.sacred-texts.com/cfu/cair/index.htm}}
* ''[[San Tzu Ching]]'' (1900)


===Contribution to [[EB1911]]===
===Contribution to [[EB1911]]===
* {{EB1911 Link|China}} (''Language, Literature and Religion'')
* {{EB1911 Link|China}} (''Language, Literature and Religion'')


=== Translations ===
== Transcription projects ==
* ''Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms'' by [[w:Faxian|Faxian]] (1877) {{small scan link|Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms (Faxian, Giles).djvu}}
* [[Index:Chinese without a teacher - being a collection of easy and useful sentences.djvu]]
* ''Gems of Chinese Literature'' (1883; [[Gems of Chinese Literature|second edition: 1922]])
* [[Index:Synoptical studies in the Chinese character (1874).djvu]]
* ''[[Chuang Tzŭ (Giles)|Chuang Tzŭ]]'' (1889)
* [[Index:Zhuang Zi - translation Giles 1889.djvu]]
* ''[[San Tzu Ching]]'' (1900) {{small scan link|Elementary_Chinese_-_San_Tzu_Ching_(1900).djvu}}
* ''[[Strange stories from a Chinese studio]]'' by [[Author:Pu Songling|Pu Songling]] (1916) {{small scan link|Strange stories from a Chinese studio.djvu}}
* ''[[Chinese Fairy Tales (H. Giles, 1920)|Chinese Fairy Tales]]'' (1920)

=== Textbooks ===
* ''[[Chinese Without a Teacher (1922)|Chinese Without a Teacher]] - being a collection of easy and useful sentences'' (1922) {{small scan link|Chinese without a teacher - being a collection of easy and useful sentences.djvu}}
* ''[[Handbook of the Swatow Dialect]]'' (1877) {{ssl|Handbook of the Swatow Dialect.pdf}}

==Works about Giles==
* [[The Spirit of the Chinese People/5|A Great Sinologue]] in ''[[The Spirit of the Chinese People]]'' (1915) runs an overly critical assessment from [[Author:Gu Hongming|Ku Hong-Ming]], a Malay-Chinese author included in H. A. Giles' ''[[A Chinese Biographical Dictionary|Biographical Dictionary]]''; the two writers later formed a productive friendship.


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Latest revision as of 22:12, 21 October 2023

Herbert Allen Giles
(1845–1935)
British diplomat and sinologist; son of John Allen Giles and father of Lionel Giles

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "H. A. Gi"

Herbert Allen Giles

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Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.


This author died in 1935, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 88 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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