Gustav Detring

Gustav Detring (1842 - 4 January 1913) was a German-born British official of Chinese Customs. He was appointed Customs Commissioner at Tianjin in 1877 where he worked under the patronage of Li Hongzhang. From 1878 to 1893 he was chairman of the board of directors of the British municipal council in Tianjin.

Early life

Gustav Detring was born in Germany in 1842.[1]

Career

He was appointed Customs Commissioner at Tianjin in 1877 where he worked under the patronage of Li Hongzhang. From 1878 to 1893 he was chairman of the board of directors of the British municipal council in Tianjin.[1]

Death

Detring died on 4 January 1913.[1]

gollark: Well, sure, but those are rare, and iGPUs mean significant tradeoffs in CPU availability.
gollark: You *can* just get a cheap £30 GPU, probably more cost-effective than iGPUs.
gollark: Basically, you wanted three levels or something, so store those directly and multiply when actually doing IO.
gollark: (and replace `total -= 254./3.;` accordingly, obviously)
gollark: Make `total` into an int. Replace `total += 254./3.;` with `total = min(2, max(0, total + 1))` or something, if the arduinos' weird language has that. Do `analogWrite(LED, total * 85)`. QED.

References
  1. "The Birth of China's First Set of Postage Stamps Delayed by James Campbell", Liu Jiawei & Zhang Huadong, The London Philatelist, Vol. 28, No. 1469 (Oct. 2019), pp. 370-381.


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