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Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas (23 August 1838 – 20 May 1913) was a British oriental scholar.
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
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
Chinese Stories. With Illustrations , London: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1893; reprinted in revised edition: Singapore: Graham Brash, 1990
Confucianism and Taouism, With a Map
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
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] Dictionary of National Biography Encyclopædia Britannica [6] [7]
Douglas married Rachel Charlotte Kirkby, née Fenton, (1842–1921) in 1867. Among their children were:
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^ The History of the Nations (P. F. Collier and Son) - Book Series List , publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
^ 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 . Retrieved 12 November 2017 .
^ Mitchell, Sally. "Meade, Elizabeth Thomasina". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/52740 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "China" , 1902encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
^ Important Contributors to the Britannica, 9th and 10th Editions , 1902encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^ Archibald Philip Douglas
^ "Douglas, Robert Noel (DGLS889RN)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.
^ "Douglas, James (DGLS893J)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.
^ James Douglas at ESPNcricinfo
^ Sholto Douglas at ESPNcricinfo
^ "Douglas, Stuart Monro (DGLS898SM)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.
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