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Sir William Henry Wilkinson (traditional Chinese: 務謹順, simplified Chinese: 务谨顺; May 10, 1858[1] - 1930) was a British sinologist who served as Consul-General for the United Kingdom in China and Korea. He was also a playing card collector and card game enthusiast.
?-1893 | Consul at Shantou[2][3] |
1893-94 | Acting Consul-General at Seoul[1][4] |
1894-97 | Acting Vice-Consul at Chemulpo[1][4] |
1900-01 | Consul at Ningbo[5] |
1901-02 | Acting Consul at Wenzhou[5] |
1902-09 | Consul-General at Kunming and Simao, for Yunnan and Guizhou[5][6] |
1909-11 | Consul-General at Chengdu[5] |
1911-12 | Consul-General at Mukden[5][7] |
1912-17 | Consul-General at Hankou[7][8] |
Cards from Wilkinson's collection are now in the British Museum, and are referred to in [https://archive.org/details/aen4312.0001.001.umich.edu Catalogue of the collection of playing cards bequeathed to the Trustees of the British museum by the late Lady [[Charlotte Schreiber]] by British Museum]] by Freeman M. O'Donoghue (1901), pp. 184–185: "Chinese - Collection of modern packs acquired by the testator from Mr. W.H. Wilkinson of H.M. Consular Service, who has kindly furnished the following information: 'The packs contained in this collection were procured during the year 1889-90 from Guangzhou, Shantou, and Fuzhou in South China, from Ningbo and Shanghai on the central sea-board, from Beijing in the north, from Jiujiang and Yichang in mid- China, and from Chongqing in the far west...."[10]
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