Edward Colborne Baber
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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 interior of China; one to the Burmese border in 1876, one to the Sichuan highlands the next year (where he visited the Leshan Giant Buddha,[2] 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.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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- 1843 births
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- People from Dulwich
- Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- English orientalists
- People educated at Rossall School
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Korea
- English expatriates in China