He was son of the Rev. Michael John Mayers, and was born on 7 January 1831 in Tasmania. At the time his father was colonial chaplain there, and was subsequently appointed consular chaplain at Marseille, where Mayers received most of his schooling.[2]
After spending some years as a journalist in New York, Mayers in 1859 went to China as a student-interpreter, accompanying Lord Elgin to Beijing. and, after serving as interpreter to the allied commission charged with the government of Canton, was appointed interpreter to the consulate there.[2] He encountered Gustaaf Schlegel there in 1861.[3] In 1864 he was at Shanghai, assisting with Harry Smith Parkes the Bakufu officials Moriyama Takichirō and Yamaguchi Shichijirō.[4]
Mayers filled consular posts at Chinese ports until 1872, when he was made Chinese secretary of legation at Pekin. In the same year he visited England, and in August read a paper on the Pathays of Yünan before the geographical section of the British Association at Brighton.[2]
In 1867, with Nicholas Belfield Dennys and Lieutenant Charles King, Mayers wrote The Treaty Ports of China, and in 1877 translated the Peking Gazette for that year. His official report on The Famine in the Northern Provinces of China was published as a parliamentary paper. He was a contributor to periodical publications, especially the China Review, published at Shanghai, He published in 1869 in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society a paper on the Lamaist Septem in Tibet.[2]
Notes
^ abRyan, Janette. "Mayers, William S. Frederick". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18431. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Kuiper, Koos (P.N.) (17 July 2017). The Early Dutch Sinologists (1854-1900) (2 vols): Training in Holland and China, Functions in the Netherlands Indies. BRILL. pp. 339 note 81. ISBN9789004339637. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
^Cassel, Par Kristoffer (11 January 2012). Grounds of Judgment: Extraterritoriality and Imperial Power in Nineteenth-Century China and Japan. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 97. ISBN9780199792054. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
^FAN, Fa-ti (30 June 2009). British Naturalists in Qing China: Science, Empire, and Cultural Encounter. Harvard University Press. p. 164. ISBN9780674036680. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
william, frederick, mayers, william, frederick, mayers, 1831, 1878, british, official, sinologist, contents, about, career, notes, external, linksabout, edithe, michael, john, mayers, born, january, 1831, tasmania, time, father, colonial, chaplain, there, subs. William S Frederick Mayers 1831 1878 was a British official and sinologist 1 Contents 1 About 2 Career 3 Notes 4 External linksAbout EditHe was son of the Rev Michael John Mayers and was born on 7 January 1831 in Tasmania At the time his father was colonial chaplain there and was subsequently appointed consular chaplain at Marseille where Mayers received most of his schooling 2 After spending some years as a journalist in New York Mayers in 1859 went to China as a student interpreter accompanying Lord Elgin to Beijing and after serving as interpreter to the allied commission charged with the government of Canton was appointed interpreter to the consulate there 2 He encountered Gustaaf Schlegel there in 1861 3 In 1864 he was at Shanghai assisting with Harry Smith Parkes the Bakufu officials Moriyama Takichirō and Yamaguchi Shichijirō 4 Mayers filled consular posts at Chinese ports until 1872 when he was made Chinese secretary of legation at Pekin In the same year he visited England and in August read a paper on the Pathays of Yunan before the geographical section of the British Association at Brighton 2 Mayers in 1861 became fellow of the Royal Geographical Society he was also a member of the Royal Asiatic Society He died on 24 March 1878 at Shanghai of typhus fever and was survived by his wife 1 2 Career EditMayers was a noted Chinese scholar He wrote 2 The Anglo Chinese Calendar Manual 1869 The Chinese Reader s Manual London 1874 Treaties between the Empire of China and Foreign Powers 1877 The Chinese Government Shanghai 1878 He collaborated with Henry Fletcher Hance as sinologist and botanist 5 In 1867 with Nicholas Belfield Dennys and Lieutenant Charles King Mayers wrote The Treaty Ports of China and in 1877 translated the Peking Gazette for that year His official report on The Famine in the Northern Provinces of China was published as a parliamentary paper He was a contributor to periodical publications especially the China Review published at Shanghai He published in 1869 in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society a paper on the Lamaist Septem in Tibet 2 Notes Edit a b Ryan Janette Mayers William S Frederick Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 18431 Subscription or UK public library membership required a b c d e f Lee Sidney ed 1894 Mayers William Frederick Dictionary of National Biography Vol 37 London Smith Elder amp Co Kuiper Koos P N 17 July 2017 The Early Dutch Sinologists 1854 1900 2 vols Training in Holland and China Functions in the Netherlands Indies BRILL pp 339 note 81 ISBN 9789004339637 Retrieved 6 November 2017 Cassel Par Kristoffer 11 January 2012 Grounds of Judgment Extraterritoriality and Imperial Power in Nineteenth Century China and Japan Oxford University Press USA p 97 ISBN 9780199792054 Retrieved 6 November 2017 FAN Fa ti 30 June 2009 British Naturalists in Qing China Science Empire and Cultural Encounter Harvard University Press p 164 ISBN 9780674036680 Retrieved 6 November 2017 External links EditOnline Books pageAttribution This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Lee Sidney ed 1894 Mayers William Frederick Dictionary of National Biography Vol 37 London Smith Elder amp Co Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Frederick Mayers amp oldid 1095892932, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
