Alexander Michie
1833–1902
Scottish writer on China. Half-brother of George Thin (1838–1903) and Robert Thin (1843–67), physicians in Shanghai. Employed by Lindsay & Co., merchants, in Hong Kong, 1853; their representative in Shanghai, 1857. Later employed by Jardine, Matheson & Co. Accompanied Robert Swinhoe on an expedition to western China in 1869. A frequent contributor to journals and magazines, and a correspondent for The Times.
Sources
ODNB
Scotland old parish registers births 436/40 227, 286 Kilconquhar, Fife (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 23 June 2020)
UK and Ireland, Find a grave index, 1300s–current (Ancestry.com, accessed 23 June 2020)
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.
