John Francis Davis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_Francis_Davis
GPTKB entity
Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:author gptkb:The_Chinese:_A_General_Description_of_the_Empire_of_China_and_Its_Inhabitants
gptkb:Chinese_Novels:_Translated_from_the_Originals
gptkbp:birthDate 1795
gptkbp:deathDate 1890
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Francis Davis
gptkbp:knownFor studies of Chinese language and culture
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:colonial_administrator
sinologist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:London
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Sir_Henry_Pottinger
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Sir_George_Bonham
gptkbp:termEnd 1848
gptkbp:termStart 1844
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Henry_Pottinger
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6