John Bowring
Sign in to save4th Governor of Hong Kong; hymnwriter; translator (1792-1872)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1792-01-01
- Died
- 1872-01-01
- Works
- 48
Top works
- Minor Morals for Young People
- Works of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 3, Part 1
- Works; Volume 7
- Works of Jeremy Bentham; Volume 11
- Works of Jeremy Bentham; Volume 5
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11
- Total plays
- 16
Sir John Bowring, KCB (Chinese translated name: 寶寧,寶靈 or 包令) (17 October 1792 – 23 November 1872) was an English political economist, traveller, miscellaneous writer, polyglot, and the 4th Governor of Hong Kong. Bowring was born in Exeter of Charles Bowring (1769–1856), a wool merchant from an old Unitarian family, and Sarah Jane Anne (d. 1828), the daughter of Thomas Lane, vicar of St Ives, Cornwall. His last formal education was a Unitarian school in Moretonhampstead and he started work in hi
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1792
- Died
- 1 January 1872
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Exeter
- Place of death
- Exeter
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Position held
- ambassador
- Political party
- Radicals
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
Connections
Categories
1792 births1872 deaths19th-century British politicians19th-century English writers19th-century Hong Kong peopleAmbassadors of the Hawaiian KingdomBowring familyBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBritish literary translatorsBusinesspeople from ExeterConsuls-general for the United Kingdom in GuangzhouCzech–English translators