List of Famous people named Herbert

Name Herbert is among the most common names in Germany, Austria, Switzerland. Here are some famous Herberts:

Herbert Dixon Summers

First Name Herbert

Last Name Summers

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Herbert George Okeden

First Name Herbert

Last Name Okeden

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Herbert Brown

First Name Herbert

Last Name Brown

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Herbert Ward

First Name Herbert

Last Name Ward

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Herbert Giles

First Name Herbert

Last Name Giles

Born on December 8, 1845

Died on February 13, 1935 (aged 89)

Born in United Kingdom, England

Herbert Allen Giles was a British diplomat and sinologist who was the professor of Chinese at the University of Cambridge for 35 years. Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British diplomat in China. He modified a Mandarin Chinese romanisation system established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade–Giles Chinese romanisation system. Among his many works were translations of the Analects of Confucius, the Lao Tzu , the Chuang Tzu, and, in 1892, the widely published A Chinese-English Dictionary.

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