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    2nd Governor of Hong Kong (1795-1890)

    Sir John Francis Davis, 1st Baronet was a British diplomat and sinologist who served as second Governor of Hong Kong from 1844 to 1848. Davis was the first President of Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong.

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    diplomat

    orientalist

    politician

    sinologist

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    About the John Francis Davis

    Sir John Francis Davis, 1st Baronet was a British diplomat and sinologist who served as second Governor of Hong Kong from 1844 to 1848. Davis was the first President of Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong.

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      It is better to believe that a man does possess good qualities than to assert that he does not.

      John Francis Davis

      2nd Governor of Hong Kong (1795-1890)