Balfour, Frederic Henry
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Name (Latin)
Balfour, Frederic Henry
Other forms of name
Dering, Ross George
Date of birth
1846
Date of death
1909-05-22
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Balfour, Frederic Henry. Leaves from my Chinese Scrapbook, 1887:title page (by Frederic Henry Balfour)
- Frederic Henry Balfour (M: 1846-1909 May 22) ( (New General Catalog of Old Books and authors, viewed January 20, 2016:) )
- British expatriate editor, essayist, author, and sinologist, living in Shanghai during the Victorian era; most notable for his translation of the Tao Te Ching; published several novels under his own name, as well as under the pseudonym Ross George Dering ( (Wikipedia, viewed January 20, 2016:) )
- nuc87-6873: His Dr. Mirabel's theory [MI] 1893(hdg. on GmC rept.: Balfour, Frederic Henry; usage: Ross George Dering [pseud.])
- LC data base, 2-8-88(hdg.: Balfour, Frederic Henry; usage: Frederic Henry Balfour)
Wikipedia description:
Frederic Henry Balfour (1846 – 27 May 1909) was a British expatriate editor, essayist, author, and sinologist, living in Shanghai during the Victorian era. He is most notable for his translation of the Tao Te Ching. Many of these translations appeared in his 1884 Taoist Texts: Ethical, Political and Speculative, also known simply as Taoist Texts.
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