A Biographical Sketch-Book of Early Hong Kong

by: G.B. Endacott

A Biographical Sketch-Book of Early Hong Kong
Author: G.B. Endacott

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Series: Echoes S.: Classics in Hong Kong Culture and History

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Format: Paperback / softback

Publication date: 30 June 2005

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ISBN: 9622097421 ISBN 13: 9789622097421

A Biographical Sketch-Book of Early Hong Kong by G.B. Endacott

The biographical essays in this book give a picture of some of the Europeans who helped establish the colony of Hong Kong and lived through its early years. George Endacott, one of colonial Hong Kong's foremost historians, introduces the whole gamut. In this collection we have vignettes of an especially varied cast of the worthy and the wicked. Top page

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The biographical essays in this book - first published in 1962 -- give a sharp and fascinating picture of some of the Europeans who helped establish the colony of Hong Kong and lived through its early years. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Hong Kong University Press

City: Hong Kong

Pages: 208

More info: height 216 mm width 140 mm weight 454 gr

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Age recommended: College/higher education

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC22) 951.25040922

Record updated at: 05 April, 2013 time: 04:38

Summary A Biographical Sketch-Book of Early Hong Kong Preface; Part I; Early Governors; 1. Captain Charles Elliot, R. N.; 2. Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart; 3. Sir John Francis Davis, Bart; 4. Sir Samuel George Bonham; 5. Sir John Bowring; 6. Sir Hercules Robinson; Part II Early Hong Kong Government Officials; 7. Alexander Robert Johnston; 8. William Caine; 9. John Walter Hulme; 10. Robert Montgomery Martin; 11. William Thomas Mercer; 12. Charles Batten Hillier; 13. Thomas Chisholm Anstey; 14. Daniel Richard Caldwell; 15. Charles May; 16. Charles Gutzlaff; 17. Some Other Officials; Part III Some Hong Kong Personalities; 18. William Thomas Bridges; 19. William Tarrant; 20. James Legge; 21. George Chinnery; 22. Some Other Foreigners; 23. The Princely Hong; Appendixes:; A. List of Governors of the Colony of Hong Kong; B. List of Secretaries of State for the Colonies; Glossary; A Select Bibliography; Index of Persons. Top page

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