George Bunker Glover (traditional Chinese: 吉羅福, simplified Chinese: 吉罗福; 8 Jul 1827 - 4 Oct 1885Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record , Nantucket Historical Association.) was an American who served as a diplomat and also a commissioner in the Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs Service during the late nineteenth century.
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Apr 1858 or before- Sep 1858 or afterUnited States Vice-Consul and Acting Consul at ShanghaiThe Executive Documents, Senate of the United States, First Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress, 1859-60, pp. 248, 489-490.around Jun 1859United States Consul at ShanghaiReceipts and Expenditures, in the Executive Documents, House of Representatives, the First Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress, 1859-60, p. 20.1859-1870Commissioner of Maritime Customs at Canton (see Fairbank et al.,Fairbank, J.K., Bruner, K.F., and Matheson, E.M. (ed.), The I. G. in Peking: Letters of Robert Hart, Chinese Maritime Customs, 1868-1907, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, , 1975. p. 41)1870-1872on home leave (see Fairbank et al., p. 70)Apr 1872-Oct 1873Commissioner of Maritime Customs at Fuzhou福州市志 ("Fuzhou City Chronicles"), 福州市地方志编纂委员会 (Editorial Committee of Fuzhou City Chronicles), vol. 5 around 1876Commissioner of Maritime Customs at Shanghai (see Fairbank et al., p. 227)around 1877Chairman of Shantung Famine Relief Fund (China Famine Relief Fund later)around 1879Consul at ShanghaiFashion Amid the Fossils, New York Times, June 11, 1879.around 1882Commissioner of Maritime Customs at JiujiangRevue de l'Extrême Orient, vol. 1, p.495, 1882.
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