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Sir Edmund Backhouse, 2nd Baronet
Quaker, sinologist (1873–1944).
Born October 20th, 1873 in Darlington.
Died January 8th, 1944 at 70 years old in Beijing.
Occupations
diarist, historian, linguist
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A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson