Author: Isidore Cyril Cannon
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9622099610
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The story of an Englishman who lived through the last years of the Qing dynasty, was trapped in the British Legation during the Boxer uprising and went on to occupy a number of senior positions in the Imperial Customs as Commissioner of Customs in various ports, Shanghai Postmaster and first Director of the important Customs College.