Ts'ao Yung-ho
Ts'ao Yung-ho 曹永和 | |
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Born | |
Died | 12 September 2014 | (aged 93)
Nationality | Taiwanese |
Awards | Order of Orange-Nassau |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Taiwanese history |
Institutions | National Taiwan University Academia Sinica |
Ts'ao Yung-ho (
Early life
Ts'ao was born in modern-day
Academic career
Ts'ao studied a number of languages in pursuit of his understanding of early Taiwanese history, meaning he could make use of ten languages: Taiwanese, Japanese, English, German, Mandarin Chinese, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin.[6] The long-running historical journal, the Taiwan Bank Periodical (Chinese: 台灣銀行季刊; pinyin: Táiwān Yínháng Jìkān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân Gîn-hâng Kùi-khan) was masterminded by Ts'ao, while he was also heavily involved in the monumental series of Chinese source material on Taiwan and Fujian history, the Taiwan Documents Collection (Chinese: 台灣文獻叢刊; pinyin: Táiwān Wénxiàn Cóngkān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân Bûn-hiàn Chông-khan).[5] Ts'ao retired from National Taiwan University in 1985.[2][1] Over the course of his life, Ts'ao assembled a 20,000 volume library, classed as one of the finest collections on the Dutch East India Company in the world.[4] Ts'ao was named a research fellow at Academia Sinica in 1998, becoming the institution's oldest research fellow and the fourth to obtain the position without completing a university degree.[2] In 2002 Ts'ao was made an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau for his contributions in documenting the history of Dutch Formosa.[4] Ts'ao died of multiple organ failure in Taipei on 12 September 2014, aged 93.[1]
Works
- Ts'ao, Yung-ho (1979). Taiwan zaoqi lishi yanjiu (Research into Early Taiwan History) (in Chinese). Taipei: Lianjing. ISBN 978-957-08-0698-4.
- Ts'ao, Yung-ho (2000). Taiwan zaoqi lishi yanjiu xuji (Research into Early Taiwan History: Continued) (in Chinese). Taipei: Lianjing. ISBN 957-08-2153-1.
References
- ^ a b c d Rachel Lin, Tang Chia-ling and Jake Chung (14 September 2014). "Taiwan history expert Tsao dies". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Chen, Melody (12 August 2003). "History of a Taiwan historian". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ Han Cheung (6 September 2020). "Taiwan in Time: The self-taught historian". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d Tull, Erwin (2006-12-05). "Nederland vormde geschiedenis Taiwan" (in Dutch). Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ^ ISBN 986-7602-00-5.
- ^ Huang, Yuan-quan. 自學典範:台灣史研究先驅曹永和 (in Chinese).[permanent dead link]