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Henry McAleavy
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'''Henry McAleavy''' (1911/1912-1968) was an English sinologist, Reader in Oriental Laws at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]].<ref name=TimesObit>'Mr Henry McAleavy: Student of China', ''[[The Times]]'', 28 October 1968</ref>
==Life==
Henry McAleavy was born to an Irish Roman Catholic working class family in [[Manchester]]. His father died when he was a child, and his mother brought him up while working in a cotton mill. After leaving school he worked as a clerk in a solicitor's office before getting a place at [[Manchester University]] to read classics. He went on to study Chinese at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref name=TimesObit/>
From 1935 he taught English in central China and Peking. In 1940 he joined the information department of the British Embassy in [[Shanghai]]. In 1941 he married Ayako, a writer for Japanese newspapers.<ref name=TimesObit/>
After the war he joined the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]]. In 1960 he went to Japan on study leave, acquiring material on modern Japanese and Chinese history from the Japanese viewpoint.<ref name=ChinaQuarterly>Yin C. Liu, 'Henry McAleavy: A Memorial', ''China Quarterly'', Vol. 36 (December 1968), pp.138-9.</ref>
McAleavy recommended paying attention to the 'unofficial history' of attitudes revealed in popular novels and newspapers.<ref name=ChinaQuarterly/>
==Works==
* ''Wang Tʻao (1828?-1890) the life and writings of a displaced person'', 1953
* (tr.) ''That Chinese woman: the life of Sai-chin-hua'' by [[Sai Jinhua]]. London: Allen & Unwin, 1959
* ''Su Man-shu (1884-1913): a Sino-Japanese genius'', 1960
* (tr.) ''The Chinese bigamy of M. David Winterlea: a Manchu-Edwardian fantasy'', 1961
* ''A dream of Tartary; the origins and misfortunes of Henry P'u Yi'', 1963
* ''The modern history of China'', 1967
* ''Black flags in Vietnam: the story of a Chinese intervention'', 1968
==References==
[[Category:1912 births]]
[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:1968 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Manchester]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester]]
[[Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:British sinologists]]
[[Category:Scholars of Chinese law]]
==Life==
Henry McAleavy was born to an Irish Roman Catholic working class family in [[Manchester]]. His father died when he was a child, and his mother brought him up while working in a cotton mill. After leaving school he worked as a clerk in a solicitor's office before getting a place at [[Manchester University]] to read classics. He went on to study Chinese at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref name=TimesObit/>
From 1935 he taught English in central China and Peking. In 1940 he joined the information department of the British Embassy in [[Shanghai]]. In 1941 he married Ayako, a writer for Japanese newspapers.<ref name=TimesObit/>
After the war he joined the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]]. In 1960 he went to Japan on study leave, acquiring material on modern Japanese and Chinese history from the Japanese viewpoint.<ref name=ChinaQuarterly>Yin C. Liu, 'Henry McAleavy: A Memorial', ''China Quarterly'', Vol. 36 (December 1968), pp.138-9.</ref>
McAleavy recommended paying attention to the 'unofficial history' of attitudes revealed in popular novels and newspapers.<ref name=ChinaQuarterly/>
==Works==
* ''Wang Tʻao (1828?-1890) the life and writings of a displaced person'', 1953
* (tr.) ''That Chinese woman: the life of Sai-chin-hua'' by [[Sai Jinhua]]. London: Allen & Unwin, 1959
* ''Su Man-shu (1884-1913): a Sino-Japanese genius'', 1960
* (tr.) ''The Chinese bigamy of M. David Winterlea: a Manchu-Edwardian fantasy'', 1961
* ''A dream of Tartary; the origins and misfortunes of Henry P'u Yi'', 1963
* ''The modern history of China'', 1967
* ''Black flags in Vietnam: the story of a Chinese intervention'', 1968
==References==
[[Category:1912 births]]
[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:1968 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Manchester]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester]]
[[Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:British sinologists]]
[[Category:Scholars of Chinese law]]
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