He was a Cambridge graduate and accomplished mathematician who, after studying Chinese in Paris for two years, sailed to Canton in 1806 and tried to enter the interior through Tibet.
他原是劍橋畢業的數學家，後來為神秘的中國傾倒，於是到巴黎念了兩年中文，幾年後更航向中國、進入西藏，還見到了達賴喇嘛。