Thomas Francis Wade, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Francis Wade

British linguist

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1818

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 31-Jul-1895

Profession: diplomat, linguist, sinologist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sir Thomas Francis Wade (25 August 1818 – 31 July 1895), was a British diplomat and sinologist who produced an early Chinese textbook in English, in 1867, that was later amended, extended and converted into the Wade-Giles romanization system for Mandarin Chinese by Herbert Giles in 1892.
He was the first professor of Chinese at Cambridge University.