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WHO'S WHO IN THE FAR EAST (June) 1906-7.
1901; assistant Engineer, Selangor, 1903; acting Executive Engineer, Ulu, Selangor. Address: Ulu Selangor, Selangor, Federated Malay States.
ROBINSON, Charles Surtees (KINTA), Acting Deputy Chairman and Sec- retary, Sanitary Board; b. Sept. 27, 1873. Settlement Officer, Krian, 1900; Secretary to Sanitary Board, Kinta, Sept., 1900; 2nd assistant Secretary to Resident of Perak, and acting Deputy Chairman and Secretary, Sanitary Board, Kinta, 1905. Address: Kinta, Perak,
Federated Malay States.
ROBSON, John Henry Matthews
Educ.:
(KUALA LUMPUR), Investment Agent; b. May 8, 1870. Christ College, Finchley, and pri- vately. On a Ceylon tea estate, 1889; Selangor Government Service, 1889-96, during which time was in charge of Rawang Sub-district, Klang district, and Ulu Lingat district (Collector and Magistrate), and subsequently acting Collector of Land Revenue and Registrar of Titles; edited the "Malay Mail," 1896-1904, and is now Managing Director of "Malay Mail" Press
Co., Ltd.; carries on business as investment agent; Hon. Secretary of Kuala Lumpur Town Club ; unofficial European Member of Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board.
Publications: Selangor Laws, 1896; "People in a Native State." Ad- dress: Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States.
ROCKHILL, William Woodville (PE- KING), Minister of the United
States to China; b. April 1, 1851;
m. Edith Howell Perkins. Educ.:
at Paris, France. Appointed 2nd Secretary of Legation, Peking, April 9, 1884; Secretary of Lega- tiɔn, Peking, July 1, 1835; Chargé
d'Affaires, Corea, Dec., 1836, to April, 1887; with two scientific missions to China, Mongolia and Tibet under auspices of Smith- sonian Institution; received Vic- toria gold med il, Royal Geographi-' cal Society, 1893; Chief Clerk, Department of State, Washington, April, 1893; 3rd Assistant Secretary of State, April, 1894; Assistant Secretary of State, Feb., 1896; Minister of the U.S. to Greece,
Roumania and Servia, July, 1897 ;
Director of International Bureau of American Republics, Washing- ton, May, 1899; Special Commis- sioner of U.S. to China, July 20, 1900; Plenipotentiary of U.S. for settlement of Bɔxer troubles, Feb., 1901; signed final Protocol, Sept. 7, 1991; resumed duties at Washing- ton, Oct., 1901; Minister of U.S. to
China since March, 1905. Publica- tions: Various oriental and geogra- phical works. Clubs: Metropolitan, Washington; Comos, Washington. Address: American Legation, Pek- ing, North China.
RODGERS, Dr. James B. (MANILA),
D.D., Clergyman; b. 1866; n. 1889. Educ.: Hamilton College; Auburn Theological Seminary. Appointed to Brazil by Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions of U.S.A. in 1889 ; in 1899 appointed 1st ordained Pro- testant missionary to Philippine Islands. Publications: A number of
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