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Charles Denby

Charles Denby, Jr. (1861–1938), U.S. diplomat, scholar of Chinese culture

Charles Harvey Denby (1830–1904), U.S. Civil War officer, diplomat in China

Charles Denby, Jr.

(November 14, 1861 – February 15, 1938) was an American diplomat in China and later in Vienna, Austria, and was known as one of the top scholars of Chinese language and culture of his time.

In 1900, he was appointed as secretary general of the provisional government in Tientsin, China during the Boxer Rebellion, and then from 1902 to 1905 he served as the chief foreign adviser to the Viceroy of Zhili, Yuan Shikai.

Charles Harvey Denby

He was the father of Edwin C. Denby, a U.S. Representative from Michigan, and later Secretary of the Navy, and Charles Denby, Jr., a diplomat.



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