Edward Colborne Baber
Edward Colborne Baber (30 April 1843 – 16 June 1890) was an English orientalist and traveller.
Life
Born at Dulwich, he studied at Rossall Junior School, Christ's Hospital and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1867.[1]
Having learned Chinese, he started working at the British embassy in Beijing the same year, where he quickly advanced through the ranks. During his tenure he made three journeys to the interiour of China; one to the Burmese border in 1876, one to the Sichuan highlands the next year, and the last, in 1878, northwards through the mountains from Chongqing. His travels and discoveries were described in books, and in 1883 he received the Royal Geographical Society's Patron's Medal.[2]
From 1885 to 1886, Baber acted as consul-general in Korea. Then he was appointed political resident at Bhamo on the upper Irrawaddy, where he died, unmarried, on 16 June 1890. [2]
References
- ↑ "Baber, Edward Colborne (BBR862EC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- 1 2 Seccombe 1901.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Seccombe, Thomas (1901). "Baber, Edward Colborne". In Sidney Lee. Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Sources
- Thomas Seccombe, rev. Janette Ryan (2004; online edn, May 2006). "Baber, Edward Colborne (1843–1890)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 Feb 2007. Check date values in:
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External links
- Works by or about Edward Colborne Baber in libraries (WorldCat catalog)