Lionel Giles | |
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 Lionel Giles, translator of The Art of War and the Analects of Confucius | |
| Born | 29 December 1875 Sutton, London, U.K. |
| Died | 22 January 1958 (aged 82) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History, Sinology |
Lionel Giles CBE (29 December 1875 – 22 January 1958) was a British sinologist, writer, and philosopher. Lionel Giles served as assistant curator at the British Museum and Keeper of the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books. He is most notable for his 1910 translations of The Art of War by Sun Tzu and The Analects of Confucius.
Giles was the son of British diplomat and sinologist Herbert Giles.