Eric Teichman

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Sir Eric Teichman, born Erik Teichmann (January 16, 1884 - December 3, 1944, Norfolk, England) 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 who he caught poaching in the grounds of his estate in Norfolk, England. At the time Sir Eric had been 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

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