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This article was copied from here, which may be public domain (written in 1901).-Wafulz (talk) 13:59, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The notability is still highly questionable --Vince (talk) 14:10, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We have a 107 year old source about him calling him "perhaps the best known of all the Europeans in China, with the single exception of Sir Robert Hart." That's easily an assertion of notability.-Wafulz (talk) 14:16, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well spotted and fair enough. Although you are not in doubt, I will give it the benefit of mine. --Vince (talk) 14:21, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am impressed that you saw the potential of this article. John Dudgeon did write a book that maybe of help for people researching the page. It can be found here: ISBN9781402145872 --Vince (talk) 20:56, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
