William John Bainbrigge Fletcher

William John Bainbrigge Fletcher (1879-10 November 1933)[1] was a British consul at Hoihow (Haikou[2]) and the author of books on Chinese poetry such as Gems of Chinese Verse[3] and More gems of Chinese poetry (1918, reprinted 1933).[4][5]

References
  1. Office, Great Britain Foreign. The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book for 1959. Harrison and Sons – via Google Books.
  2. "Haikou (China) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Britannica.com. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  3. Gems of Chinese Verse (1919) - full text on archive.org
  4. "More gems of Chinese poetry, tr. into English verse by W. J. B. Fletcher, with comparative passages from English literature. - SearchWorks (SULAIR)". Searchworks.stanford.edu. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  5. Scan of the 1919 printing at University of Hong Kong Libraries


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