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Robert Kennaway Douglas

April 10, 2024

Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas (23 August 1838 – 20 May 1913) was a British oriental scholar.

Life edit

He was born at Larkbeare House, Talaton, Devon on 23 August 1838, the fourth son of the Rev. Philip William Douglas. His father was appointed to the Chapel of ease at Escot, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, by Sir John Kennaway, Bart. His paternal grandfather was Dr. Philip Douglas, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Douglas attended Blandford Grammar School.[1]

Douglas was in China with the consular service, from 1858 to 1865. He then became Professor of Chinese at King's College, London.[2]

He was vice president of the Royal Asiatic Society, and the first Keeper of the British Museum's new Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts when it was created in 1892. He was knighted in 1903 and died a decade later, on 20 May 1913.[citation needed]

Works edit

Douglas wrote books on China, including:

  • Catalogue of Japanese Printed Books and Manuscripts in the Library of the British Museum, London: British Museum, 1898
  • Catalogue of the Printed Maps, Plans, and Charts in the British Museum, London: 1885
  • China, New York, P. F. Collier and Son, 1913 (The Story of Nations)[3]
  • A Chinese Manual, comprising a Condensed Grammar with Idiomatic Phrases and Dialogues, London: W. H. Allen, 1889; London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1904 (Text-books, Manuals, etc. in Oriental Languages)
  • Chinese Stories. With Illustrations, London: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1893; reprinted in revised edition: Singapore: Graham Brash, 1990
  • Confucianism and Taouism, With a Map, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1879 (Non-Christian Religious Systems)
  • Europe and the Far East, 1506-1912 , Cambridge: University Press, 1913; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1913 (Cambridge Historical Series, ed. by G.W. Prothero)
  • The Language and Literature of China (1875), Royal Institution lectures[4]
  • The Life of Jehghiz Khan Translated from the Chinese. With an Introduction, London: Trübner & Co., 1877
  • Li Hungchang, London: Bliss, Sand & Foster, 1895 (Public Men of To-day)
  • Society in China : Illustrated from Photographs, London: Ward, Lock, & Co., 1901
  • Supplementary Catalogue of Chinese Books and Manuscripts in the British Museum, London: Longmans & Co., 1903

During the 1890s Douglas collaborated on short stories with Elizabeth Thomasina Meade.[5] He wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography and for the Ninth Edition (1875-1889), Tenth Edition (1902-03) and Eleventh Edition (1911) of the Encyclopædia Britannica, the latter including a long article on "China"[6] and articles on Chinese cities ("Peking", "Nanking", "Shanghai", "Tonkin") and an article on Genghis Khan.[7]

Family edit

Douglas married Rachel Charlotte Kirkby, née Fenton, (1842–1921) in 1867. Among their children were:

References edit

  1. ^ "Douglas, Sir Robert Kennaway, (23 Aug. 1838–20 May 1913), Professor of Chinese, King's College London (Fellow, 1903–08)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U185486. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. ^ Hart, Robert; Campbell, James Duncan (1975). The I. G. in Peking: Letters of Robert Hart, Chinese Maritime Customs, 1868-1907. Harvard University Press. pp. 804 note. ISBN 9780674443204. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  3. ^ The History of the Nations (P. F. Collier and Son) - Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  4. ^ Douglas, Sir Robert Kennaway (1875). The Language and Literature of China: Two Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in May and June, 1875. Trübner & Company. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  5. ^ Mitchell, Sally. "Meade, Elizabeth Thomasina". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52740. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ "China", 1902encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  7. ^ Important Contributors to the Britannica, 9th and 10th Editions, 1902encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  8. ^ Archibald Philip Douglas
  9. ^ "Douglas, Robert Noel (DGLS889RN)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  10. ^ "Douglas, James (DGLS893J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  11. ^ James Douglas at ESPNcricinfo
  12. ^ Sholto Douglas at ESPNcricinfo
  13. ^ "Douglas, Stuart Monro (DGLS898SM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

External links edit

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