Public success, private sorrow [electronic resource] : the life and times of Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor (1857-1938) China Customs Commissioner and pioneer translator / Isidore Cyril Cannon.

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2009.

1 online resource (xvii, 260 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill., map.

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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.

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September 21, 2015

Includes bibliographical references and index.