Reginald Fleming Johnston
Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (* 1874 in Edinburgh ; † March 6, 1938 ibid) was a Scottish academic, diplomat and author .
Life
Johnston studied at Edinburgh University and later at Oxford University . From 1919 to 1924 he was the English teacher of the last Chinese emperor Puyi (emperor from 1908 to 1912), to whom he brought western ideas closer. After he left the Forbidden City in 1924 , he served as governor of the British lease area Weihaiwei from 1927 to 1930 . On the occasion of his resignation from this office he was knighted on June 3, 1930 as Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG). After England returned, he was a professor of Chinese history until 1937 at the University of London . He spent part of his old age on the small Scottish island of Eilean Righ , which he had acquired.
Works
- From Beijing to Mandalay. London 1908.
- Lion and dragon in Northern China. London 1910.
- Buddhist China. London 1913.
- Twilight in the Forbidden City . (Twilight in the forbidden City.) 1934.
Trivia
His works served as the source for the 1987 film The Last Emperor by Bernardo Bertolucci .
literature
- Pu Yi: I was Emperor of China. From Heavenly Son to New Man. The autobiography of the last Chinese emperor (= dtv 20701). (OT: Wo-de qianbansheng). Unabridged edition, 9th edition. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-423-20701-9 .
- Jacques Gernet : The Chinese World. The history of China from the beginning to the present time (= Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch 1505). 1st edition, reprint. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-518-38005-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Knights and Dames: HOS – KIM at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Johnston, Reginald Fleming |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish academic and teacher from Puyi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1938 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |