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Sir John Francis Davis, 1st Baronet KCB (16 July 1795 – 13 November 1890) was a British diplomat and sinologist who served as second Governor of Hong Kong from 1844 to 1848. Davis was the first President of Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong.
Feb 15, 2017 · This paper explores the role of the nineteenth-century sinologist-cum-diplomat, John Francis Davis, in Sino-British relations after the ratification of the Treaty of Nanjing in 1843. It examines his time as governor of Hong Kong and as Britain's effective minister to China from 1844 until 1848, in which he attempted to have the city ...
Sir John Francis Davis was a British diplomat and sinologist who served as second Governor of Hong Kong from 1844 to 1848. This publication of Chinese poetry was based on a lecture Davis delivered in 1829 to the Royal Asiatic Society of Hong Kong, of which he was the first President.
Sir John Francis Davis (1795–1890) was a renowned scholar on Chinese history and culture. He also translated many Chinese books into English. He was perhaps best known for The Chinese: a General Description of China and its Inhabitants published in 1836 and Sketches of China published in 1841.
Mar 28, 2024 · As Governor of Hong Kong from 1844 to 1848, Sir John Francis Davis helped meld British colonial ambitions with traditional Chinese governance practices. His policies played an important role in forming Hong Kong’s distinctive identity as a meeting point of Eastern and Western cultures.
Haoqiu zhuan, usually translated into English as The Fortunate Union or The Pleasing History is a 17th century Chinese romance, describing the story of the beauty Shui Bingxin and the scholar Tie Zhongyu.
Feb 15, 2017 · This paper explores the role of the nineteenth-century sinologist-cum-diplomat, John Francis Davis, in Sino-British relations after the ratification of the Treaty of Nanjing in 1843.
