Author:Thomas Kirkman Dealy

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Thomas Kirkman Dealy
(1861–1924)

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FRGS, FEIS, FCS, DRF (Paris). Born in Yorkshire, he came to Hong Kong in 1884 to become a teacher at the Central School that later became Queen's College, Hong Kong. After Headmaster G. H. Bateson Wright retired in 1909, T. K. Dealy became the 3rd Schoolmaster of Queen's College, retiring in 1918. While schoolmaster, he also was Hong Kong Government Director of Education for some months. Without having a University degree, he was nevertheless highly learned, being fluent in Cantonese, French, and Russian. Among his many translations were over seven hundred poems of the Tang dynasty.

Works

(with John Chalmers) English and Cantonese dictionary (1907)
Notes on the geography of the Chinese Empire, &c. (1910)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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