Chang Hao (historian)

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Chang Hao (Chinese: 張灝; 30 April 1936 – 21 April 2022) was a Taiwanese historian and sinologist.

Chang was a native of Xiamen, born on 30 April 1936 to parents Wang Hui-fen and Chang Ch’ing-chen.[1][2] Due to the Chinese Civil War, he and his family moved to Chongqing, then Nanjing, before settling in Taiwan in 1949.[1][2] He graduated from National Taiwan University in 1957,[3] having studied under Yin Haiguang.[1] Chang completed a doctorate at Harvard University in 1966,[3][4] advised by Benjamin I. Schwartz and Yang Lien-sheng.[1]

Chang began his teaching career at Louisiana State University in 1964,[1] then moved to Ohio State University in 1968,[3][4] and joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology faculty in 1998,[3] eventually retiring in 2004,[1] and relocating to Reston, Virginia, the following year.[5] Chang was elected an academician of Academia Sinica in 1992,[3] and affiliated with the Academia Sinica's Institute of History and Philology as a corresponding research fellow.[6] In 2022, Chang donated his papers and books to Taiwan's National Central Library.[7]

Chang Hao was married to Liao Jung-jung from 1964 to her death in 2019, of Alzheimer's disease.[2][5] In later life, Chang was also diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and moved to California to be nearer to one of his daughters.[2] Chang died in Albany, California, aged 85, on 21 April 2022.[1][2][8]

Selected books

  • Chang, Hao (1971). Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Intellectual Transition in China, 1890-1907. Harvard University Press.
  • Chang, Hao (1987). Chinese Intellectuals in Crisis: Search for Order and Meaning, 1890-1911. University of California Press.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Brown, Philip C.; Reed, Christopher A. "In Memoriam: Chang Hao 張灝 (1937-2022)". Association for Asian Studies. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Hao Chang April 30, 1936 - April 21, 2022". Sunset View Mortuary. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Hao Chang". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Hao CHANG (1937-2022) (張 灝 ) PhD Harvard University, 1966". The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Division of Humanities. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Jung-Jung Chang Reston, VA, USA May 4, 1941 - August 28, 2019". 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Hao Chang (1937-2022) Corresponding Research Fellow". Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Historian Chang Hao from Academia Sinica donates lifetime book collection to the National Central Library in Taiwan". Ministry of Education. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Academician Hao Chang Has Passed Away". Academia Sinica. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Republished by the Modern Chinese Literature and Culture Resource Center at Ohio State University on 10 May 2022.
  9. ^ Reviews of Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Intellectual Transition in China
  10. ^ Reviews of Chinese Intellectuals in Crisis: Search for Order and Meaning include: