
Language
nl
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
Release date
2014-09-22
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1792–1872
A tireless linguist, traveler, and reform-minded public figure, this 19th-century writer moved easily between politics, diplomacy, and literature. He is especially remembered for his gift for languages, his translations, and a career that eventually took him to Hong Kong as governor.
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