What is the system in focus?
Wade–Giles.
A.k.a.?
Wade.
What type of system is it?
A Romanization system.
What type was it in the 20th century?
The system of transcription in the English-speaking world.
What language is it for?
Mandarin Chinese.
Who produced it?
Thomas Wade.
What was his middle name?
Francis.
He was an ambassador from what country?
British.
Where was he an ambassador to?
China.
When was the first textbook published by him?
1867.
Who refined his theories?
Herbert Allen Giles.
What was Giles' occupation?
Diplomat.
From where?
Great Britain.
Who did this with Giles?
His son.
What was his name?
Lionel.
Where did he work?
The British Museum.
What did he do there?
He was a curator.