Charles Patrick Fitzgerald

Charles Patrick Fitzgerald (better known as C. P. Fitzgerald) (5 March 1902 – 13 April 1992) was a British-Australian professor of East Asian studies with particular focus on China.^[1]

Fitzgerald was born in London, England.^[1] His father was Dr. H. Sauer, a South African from Cape Town.^[1] Fitzgerald lived in China for a period, and between 1946 and 1950 he worked there for the British Council.^[1] After leaving China, Fitzgerald became a Reader in Far Eastern History at the Australian National University from 1951-1953.^[1] He later became Professor of Far Eastern History at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University from 1953 to 1967.^[1] Fitzgerald died in Sydney, Australia in 1992.^[1]

Professor Fitzgerald authored a number of books and articles, including^[1] Revolution in China (1952), The Chinese View of Their Place in the World (1964), Empress Wu (1955), Communism takes China (1971), The Southern Expansion of the Chinese People (1972), China and South East Asia since 1945 (1973), and Why China? (1985).

(For photos of C.P. Fitgerald, see the National Library of Australia's Trove.^[2] The photos are copyright, and hence cannot be uploaded here.)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Australian National Library (9 September 1996). "MS5189 - Fitzgerald's Papers". http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/5189.html. Retrieved 23 August 2010. 
2. ^ http://trove.nla.gov.au/picture/result?q=cp+fitzgerald

External links

• Photography of China by C. P. Fitzgerald, Royal Geographical Society
• MS5189 - Fitzgerald's Papers at the Australian National Library

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Name	Fitzgerald, Charles Patrick
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Date of birth	5 March 1902
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Date of death	13 April 1992
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