Thomas Taylor Meadows
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| Born | 1815 |
| Died | 1868 (aged 52–53) |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Years active | Victorian era |
| Relatives | John Armstrong Taylor Meadows (brother) |
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| Alma mater | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
Academic advisor | Karl Friedrich Neumann |
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| Discipline | Sinology |
Thomas Taylor Meadows (1815–1868) was a British sinologist and diplomat. Born in Northern England, after studies in Chinese with Karl Friedrich Neumann at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, he became a member of the British diplomatic corps, arriving in Hong Kong in 1842, and becoming Acting Consul in Shanghai from 1859 to 1863. His best-known work are "Desultory Notes on the Government and People of China and on the Chinese Language" and "The Chinese and their Rebellions." The latter is valued as a close account of the Taiping Rebellion.[1][2] He died in north China.
Historian John S. Gregory considered him both "deeply concerned for China, and a profound student of its history and culture" as well as "an agent of Western imperialism in China."[2] His younger brother was John Armstrong Taylor Meadows.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Chinese and their Rebellions: Thomas Taylor Meadows on Taiping Warfare and the Emergence of the Traditional Chinese Martial Arts". 14 June 2013.
- ^ a b "The Chinese and their revolutions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2021.
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