Tong King Sing, compradore, interpreter, businessman - and founder of the Kaiping Railway

Tong King Sing, compradore, interpreter, businessman - and founder of the Kaiping Railway

Identifier

PC27-002

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: PC27-002. Tong King Sing (唐景星 ; 唐廷樞 ; 唐廷枢 ; Tang Tingshu), 1832-1892, was the foremost founder of Kaiping’s modern mining industry. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tong_King-sing.

Caption on photograph

MR. TONG KING SING / FOUNDER OF THE KAIPING. RY

Estimated Date

1880s

Material

Digital

Media

Black and white photograph