Who's Who in the Far East/ALLEN, Edgar Pierce

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ALLEN, Edgar Pierce (TIENTSIN), Attorney and Councillor at Law; b. Shanghai, Feb. 19, 1866; e.s. of Rev. Young J. Allen, D.D., L.I.D., Shanghai; in. Bertha, y.d. of Peter G. Sanerwein of Baltimore, Maryland, 1895. Educ.: Emory College, Georgia (first honour), 1885, post graduate' student, Johns Hopkins University 1885-89; fellow in Semitics, 1886-88. Admitted to Florida Bar 1892, to Federal (U.S.A.) Bar 1893, to New York Bar 1898; removed to China 1900; commenced practise, Tientsin, 1901; General Counsel Imperial Railways of North China since 1902; lecturer on International Law, etc., Peiyang University since 1903. Clubs: Shanghai; Race and Golf. Address: Council Road, and Office, 57 Victoria Road, Tientsin, China.