Eric Teichman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sir Eric Teichman, born Erik Teichmann (January 16, 1884 - December 3, 1944, China) was a British diplomat, orientalist.

He was a son of Emil Teichmann and Edith Harbord, and younger brother of Oskar Teichman (1880, Eltham, Kent - 1959).

He was educated at Gonville College and Caius College, Cambridge University. He confronted and was killed by an American soldier whom he caught poaching on his grounds while serving as as adviser to the British Embassy at Chungking.

[edit] Literary works

  • Travels of a consular officer in North West China, 1921
  • Travels of a consular officer in Eastern Tibet, 1922
  • Journey to Turkestan, 1937
  • Affair of China, 1938

[edit] External links

This article about a writer or poet from the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../e/r/i/Eric_Teichman_1fd5.html"
In other languages