Chang Hao (historian)
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Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Chang Hao | |
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| 張灝 | |
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| Born | 30 April 1936 Xiamen, China |
| Died | 21 April 2022 (aged 85) Albany, California, U.S. |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BA) Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sinology |
| Thesis | Liang Ch'i-ch'ao's early intellectual life, 1873-1903 (1967) |
| Doctoral advisor | Benjamin I. Schwartz Yang Lien-sheng |
Chang Hao (Chinese: 張灝; 30 April 1936 – 21 April 2022) was a Taiwanese historian and sinologist who was an authority on Chinese intellectualism and Chinese political thought. He was a professor at Ohio State University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Chang was born in Xiamen, Fujian, on April 30, 1936, to Wang hui-fen and Chang Ching-chen.[1][2] Due to the Chinese Civil War, the family fled to Chongqing and then Nanjing before migrating to Taiwan in 1949 during the Great Retreat.[1][2]
After graduating from Cheng Kung Senior High School, Chang enrolled at National Taiwan University, where he studied under author Yin Haiguang,[1] and received a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1957.[3] He then earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in 1961 and his Ph.D. in 1966 from Harvard University, where he completed his doctorate under sinologists Benjamin I. Schwartz and Yang Lien-sheng.[1][4] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Liang Ch'i-ch'ao's early intellectual life, 1873-1903".[5]
Academic career
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.[6] 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.[7] In 2022, Chang donated his papers and books to Taiwan's National Central Library.[8]
Chang Hao was married to Liao Jung-jung from 1964 to her death in 2019, of Alzheimer's disease.[2][6] 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][9]
