Herbert Giles

Herbert Giles 翟理斯
Born	Herbert Allen Giles 8 December 1845 Oxford, England[1]
Died	13 February 1935(1935-02-13) (aged 89) Cambridge, England
Nationality	British
Known for	Wade–Giles romanization
Awards	Order of Chia-Ho
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Cambridge
Chinese name
Chinese	翟理斯
Wade–Giles	Chai2 Li3-ssŭ1
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhái Lǐsī
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhái Lǐsī Bopomofo ㄓㄞˊ   ㄌㄧˇ   ㄙ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Jair Liisy Wade–Giles Chai2 Li3-ssŭ1 Tongyong Pinyin Jhái Lǐsih Yale Romanization Jái Lǐsz̄ MPS2 Jái Lǐ-sz̄ IPA [ʈʂǎɪ lì.sɹ̩́]

Herbert Allen Giles (/dʒaɪlz/, 8 December 1845 – 13 February 1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist who was the professor of Chinese at the University of Cambridge^[2][3] for 35 years. Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British diplomat in China. He modified a Mandarin Chinese romanization system established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade–Giles Chinese romanization system. Among his many works were translations of the Analects of Confucius, the Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching), the Chuang Tzu, and, in 1892, the widely published A Chinese–English Dictionary.