George B. Glover
George Bunker Glover (traditional Chinese: 吉羅福, simplified Chinese: 吉罗福; 8 Jul 1827 - 4 Oct 1885[1]) was an American who served as a diplomat and also a commissioner in the Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs Service during the late nineteenth century.
George Bunker Glover | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Commissioner |
| Employer | Chinese Maritime Customs Service |
Career
Mahjong tiles of late 19th century, a gift of Glover to the Long Island Historical Society in 1875.
| Apr 1858 or before - Sep 1858 or after | United States Vice-Consul and Acting Consul at Shanghai[2] |
| around Jun 1859 | United States Consul at Shanghai[3] |
| 1859-1870 | Commissioner of Maritime Customs at Canton (see Fairbank et al.,[4] p. 41) |
| 1870-1872 | on home leave (see Fairbank et al.,[4] p. 70) |
| Apr 1872-Oct 1873 | Commissioner of Maritime Customs at Fuhchau[5] |
| around 1876 | Commissioner of Maritime Customs at Shanghai (see Fairbank et al.,[4] p. 227) |
| around 1877 | Chairman of Shantung Famine Relief Fund (China Famine Relief Fund later)[6] |
| around 1879 | Consul at Shanghai[7] |
| around 1882 | Commissioner of Maritime Customs at Kiukiang[8] |
References
- Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record, Nantucket Historical Association.
- The Executive Documents, Senate of the United States, First Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress, 1859-60, pp. 248, 489-490.
- Receipts and Expenditures, in the Executive Documents, House of Representatives, the First Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress, 1859-60, p. 20.
- Fairbank, J.K., Bruner, K.F., and Matheson, E.M. (ed.), The I. G. in Peking: Letters of Robert Hart, Chinese Maritime Customs, 1868-1907, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-44320-9, 1975.
- 福州市志 ("Fuzhou City Chronicles"), 福州市地方志编纂委员会 (Editorial Committee of Fuzhou City Chronicles), vol. 5 Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
- China Famine Relief Fund. Shanghai Committee (1879-01-01). The great famine : [Report of the Committee of the China Famine Relief Fund]. [Shanghai : American Presbyterian Mission Press.
- Fashion Amid the Fossils, New York Times, June 11, 1879.
- Revue de l'Extrême Orient, vol. 1, p.495, 1882.
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