Charles Patrick Fitzgerald

Charles Patrick Fitzgerald ( * 1902 in London, England, † 13 April 1992 in Sydney, Australia) was a professor of East Asian history and has written important works on the history of China.

Life

Fitzgerald grew up in England. Since 1923 he lived in China; 1946 to 1950 he worked for the British Council. Then he moved to Australia and was, though he could not produce a degree, from 1951 until his retirement in 1967, Professor of East Asian History at the Australian National University in Canberra. 1968 gave the University his honorary doctorate. From its founding in 1969, he was a member of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

Works

In German translation published the following books:

• Revolution in China, Frankfurt am Main 1956 (for the history of the Republic of China 1911-1945 )
• China. From prehistory to the 19th century, Munich 1967 ( a band of Kindler's cultural history, and later outside of that series under the title The Chinese. The people of opposites published )
• China today. History, culture, economy and society in 3000 years, Cologne 1974