- Title Pages
- Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series
- Other titles in RAS Hong Kong Studies Series:
- Dedication
- [UNTITLED]
- Foreword for the Series
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Citations
- Note on Romanization
-
1 Introduction -
2 Family Origins -
3 Early Years and Marriage -
4 The China Background -
5 Life in Foochow: -
6 Change of Career: -
7 Tientsin: -
8 Upheaval in Peking -
9 Career Advancement; Family Concerns -
10 Discord in Mengtze -
11 B-T's Sons and the Ellises -
12 The Customs College and Leave -
13 Alone in Foochow and Mukden -
14 Family Affairs and the First World War -
15 End of Career -
16 Retirement and Publication of the Romance -
17 Final Years -
18 The Man and His World -
Appendix I: Alexander Michie, Snr. -
Appendix II: The Inner World of Mrs. B-T -
Appendix III: Examples of B-T's Writings - Bibliography and Other Sources
- Index
Early Years and Marriage
Early Years and Marriage
- Chapter:
- (p.17) 3 Early Years and Marriage
- Source:
- Public Success, Private Sorrow
- Author(s):
Isidore Cyril Cannon
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
Although information regarding Charles Henry's social circumstances is relatively difficult to come across, it is believed that he might have studied mathematics at the University of London, University College, or Imperial College since he was said to have taught the subject in China. As suggested by his matriculation and the certificate of eligibility to take the entrance examination, he may have fostered the intention to go to university when he was twenty-one years old. A year after his matriculation, Brewitt-Taylor B-T went to China where he would acquire a navigation and mathematics teaching position. Between 1873 and 1880, B-T must have engaged further with navigation and astronomy in the Greenwich area. This chapter illustrates some of B-T's early experiences, as well as his marriage to Alice Mary Vale.
Keywords: mathematics, Greenwich, Alice Mary Vale, navigation, astronomy, China, University of London, University College, Imperial College
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- Title Pages
- Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series
- Other titles in RAS Hong Kong Studies Series:
- Dedication
- [UNTITLED]
- Foreword for the Series
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Citations
- Note on Romanization
-
1 Introduction -
2 Family Origins -
3 Early Years and Marriage -
4 The China Background -
5 Life in Foochow: -
6 Change of Career: -
7 Tientsin: -
8 Upheaval in Peking -
9 Career Advancement; Family Concerns -
10 Discord in Mengtze -
11 B-T's Sons and the Ellises -
12 The Customs College and Leave -
13 Alone in Foochow and Mukden -
14 Family Affairs and the First World War -
15 End of Career -
16 Retirement and Publication of the Romance -
17 Final Years -
18 The Man and His World -
Appendix I: Alexander Michie, Snr. -
Appendix II: The Inner World of Mrs. B-T -
Appendix III: Examples of B-T's Writings - Bibliography and Other Sources
- Index