Michael Rank (author)
Michael Rank (1950[1] – May 20, 2017) was a British author. He was a journalist in China in the early 1980s, and visited Tibet in 1983.[2]
Education
Rank graduated in 1972 from Downing College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge in Chinese studies. He also pursued studies in Peking University and Fudan University in Shanghai from 1974 to 1976.
Career
Based in London, Rank was Reuters correspondent in Beijing. He visited the city of Rajin in North Korea in 2010.[3] He also published articles in The Guardian, "Asia Times Online", "BBC Wildlife",[4] and 'North Korea Economy Watch'.[5]
He later became a translator from Chinese to English and a freelance journalist. His interest in birds led him to study the life of Frank Ludlow[6] and the history of English School of Gyantse.[7] One of his articles on this subject was published by the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology.
He published three articles in the Royal Society for Asian Affairs.[8]
Articles
- 2014 "Nineteen Eighty-four in China", The Asia-Pacific Journal 9 June 2014.
- 2012 The Ponghwa behind Pyongyang's throne, "Asia Times Online", January 12, 2012.
- 2009 Ludlow, Frank (1885–1972), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2009
- 2004 King Arthur comes to Tibet: Frank Ludlow and the English school in Gyantse, 1923-26, Namgyal Bulletin of Tibetology, 2004
- 2003 Frank Ludlow and the English School in Tibet 1923-1926, Volume 34, number 1 Asian Affairs, Royal Society for Asian Affairs, 2003
- 2001 (with Axel Bräunlich) "Notes on the occurrence of the Corncrake (Crex crex) in Asia and in the Pacific region", In Schäffer, n.; Mammen, U (PDF). Proceedings International Workshop 1998 Corncrake. Hilpoltstein, Germany. 2001
Footnotes
- ^ Chinese press card, 1980 Archived 2014-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Michael Rank obituary Archived 2017-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ BBC Wildlife: Volume 16, 1998. Michael Rank (China specialist) - "Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe"
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/apr/03/nothing-envy-korea-barbara-demick Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick] Archived 2016-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, April 3, 2010.
- ^ Michael Rank Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, site of the "Royal Society for Asian Affairs"
- ^ Ludlow Collection: ' Tibet, 1923-26'., site of the 'British Library'
- ^ Lecturers and Authors Archived 2013-04-06 at the Wayback Machine, site of the "Royal Society for Asian Affairs"
External links
- [1] "Wild leopards of Beijing" by Michael Rank. Template:En icon
- [2] Notes on Michael Rank. Template:En icon
- [3] more notes on Michael Rank. Template:En icon
- Blog of Michael Rank
- Obituary in The Baron, 21 May 2017
- Obituary in The Guardian, 22 Aug 2017