The Professor of Chinese is the oldest endowed position in Chinese in the United Kingdom. The first professor of Chinese at the University of London was held by Samuel Kidd at the University College London, 1837–1842. However the position was not renewed, and while the matter was still under discussion, Kidd died.[1]
^ abDenis Twitchett, 1962, Land Tenure and the Social Order in T'ang and Sung China London: School of Oriental and African Studies.
^"D.E. Pollard". www.cuhk.edu.hk. Hong Kong City University. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
^"Professor Michel Hockx to lead new SOAS China Institute".
^"Michel Hockx, scholar of Chinese literary and Internet culture, appointed director of Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies".
January 01, 1970
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