Background
FITZGERALD, Charles was born on March 5, 1902 in London. Son of J. Sauer Fitzgerald and Josephine Fitzpatrick.
professor of Far Eastern History
FITZGERALD, Charles was born on March 5, 1902 in London. Son of J. Sauer Fitzgerald and Josephine Fitzpatrick.
Clifton College, Bristol and School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
He was a professor of East Asian studies with particular focus on China. He first visited China at age 21, and subsequently lived and worked there for over 20 years. Between 1946 and 1950 he worked there for the British Council.
After leaving China, Fitzgerald served as a Reader in Far Eastern history at the Australian National University, located in Canberra, Australia, from 1951 to 1953.
He later became Professor of Far Eastern History at the university"s Institute of Advanced Studies, from 1953 to 1967. Fitzgerald died in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1992.
He authored many other books and articles, including 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?.
Married Pamela Sara Knollys in 1941.