Bibliography of Guangzhou

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The following is a list of works about the city of Guangzhou, China.

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Published in the 17th-18th century

Published in the 19th century

Published in the 20th century

Published in the 21st century

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">HSBC (Hong Kong)</span> HongkongBank, subsidiary of HSBC Group

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Francis Davis</span> British diplomat and sinologist (1795-1890)

Sir John Francis Davis, 1st Baronet was a British diplomat and sinologist who served as second Governor of Hong Kong from 1844 to 1848. Davis was the first President of Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Benjamin Hobson</span> Protestant medical missionary

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hongkong Hotel</span>

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William Herbert Vacher was a prominent British merchant and banker who was a member of the Shanghai Municipal Council, a chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, founding manager of the London branch of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jardine Matheson</span> British conglomerate that incorporated in Bermuda and headquartered in Hong Kong

Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong-based, Bermuda-domiciled British multinational conglomerate. It has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary listings on the Singapore Exchange and Bermuda Stock Exchange. The majority of its business interests are in Asia, and its subsidiaries include Jardine Pacific, Jardine Motors, Hongkong Land, Jardine Strategic Holdings, DFI Retail Group, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Jardine Cycle & Carriage and Astra International. It set up the Jardine Scholarship in 1982 and Mindset, a mental health-focused charity, in 2002.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Shewan</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gibb, Livingston & Co.</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Dent (merchant)</span>

John Dent (1821–1892) was a British merchant with the trading firm Dent & Co., a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council.

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William Tarrant was a civil servant and newspaper editor in British Hong Kong. He served as Inspector of Land and Roads and subsequently Registrar of Deeds in the Hong Kong colonial administration from 1842 to 1847, but was removed from office and barred from public service owing to allegations he had raised against Colonial Secretary William Caine, which an internal government inquiry held to be fabricated. Tarrant then began a new career in journalism, purchasing the Friend of China newspaper in 1850. He became prominently involved in a scandal involving multiple senior government officers, the Caldwell affair, in 1857, and was ultimately found guilty of libel and imprisoned in 1859. He left the colony after his release in 1860, and made two attempts over the course of the 1860s to restart the Friend of China in Guangzhou and Shanghai, each proving abortive. Finally, he sold the paper in 1869 and retired to England, where he died in 1872.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Fitzgerald Brenan</span> British diplomat (1883–1953)

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