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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

If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do is to save every day. Jim Croce