Sir Thomas Francis Wade, was a British diplomat and sinologist who produced an early Chinese textbook in English, in 1867, that was later amended, extended and converted into the Wade-Giles romanization system for Mandarin Chinese by Herbert Giles in 1892. He was the first professor of Chinese at Cambridge University.
- Occupation
- linguist, diplomat, sinologist
- Position held
- Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Chinese Empire
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- August 25, 1818
- Died
