William S. Frederick Mayers
1831–78
Tasmanian-born sinologist. Educated in Marseilles. In 1859, travelled to Canton (Guangzhou), where he worked as an interpreter for the British Foreign Office. Acting vice-consul, Canton, 1870–2. Appointed vice-consul, Kiukiang (Jiujiang) and Chinese secretary of legation, Peking (Beijing), 1871. A prolific writer on China. Fellow, Royal Geographical Society, 1861.
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ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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