Word: prefect
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Petersburg prefect of police received a basket of eggs for a present; on examination the eggs were found to contain dynamite...
...this country in 1879. He was appointed professor of Chinese at Harvard for three years, commencing Sept. 1, 1879. In China he belonged to a family of high rank, was a mandarin of the third grade and held several important government positions at Ningpo. He was a sub-prefect, and by imperial promotion was made prefect. Since he came to Cambridge he has had three pupils, one of whom has studied under him two years, another about a year, another five months. He leaves a widow and six children, the oldest of whom is sixteen years of age. Nothing...