R. G. Tiedemann
German historian (1941–2019)
R. G. Tiedemann
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Born | ( 1941-02-08 ) 8 February 1941 |
Died | 1 August 2019 (2019-08-01) (aged 78) |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Historian |
Known for | Christianity in China |
Spouse | Liliana |
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Rolf Gerhard Tiedemann (8 February 1941 – 1 August 2019), better known as R. G. Tiedemann or Gary Tiedemann ( Chinese : 狄德滿 ; pinyin : Dí Démǎn ), was a German historian of Christianity in China . [1]
Biography
Born in Hartenholm , Schleswig-Holstein in wartime Germany, Tiedemann left school as a teenager. At 21 he settled with family in Wisconsin , and was later drafted to train in the US army's Medical Training Unit in Texas during the Vietnam War . He completed a BA at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee , followed by an MA and a PhD at SOAS University of London . After taking several part-time posts, Tiedemann spent twenty years teaching Modern History of China in SOAS's Department of History, including a sabbatical at the Ricci Institute , University of San Francisco . After his retirement, he maintained a post as Professorial Research Associate at SOAS and as Professor of Chinese History, Shandong University , Jinan . [2] [3]
His research mainly concerned the history of Christianity in China, with a particular focus on Shandong and the Boxer Rebellion . He also edited the second volume of the Handbook of Christianity in China , [4] which totalled over a thousand pages; about half of the entries he wrote himself. [5] Tiedemann was also a review editor of Journal of Peasant Studies . [6]
A festschrift was published in honor of Tiedemann, edited by two of his former students, entitled The Church as Safe Haven (2018). [7]
Tiedemann died on 1 August 2019, after suffering from illness for many years. [3] [8]
Works
- Tiedemann, R. G. (2009). Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China: From the 16th to the 20th Century . Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 9781315497310 .
- Bickers, Robert; Tiedemann, R. G., eds. (2007). The Boxers, China and the World . Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742553958 .
- Tiedemann, R. G., ed. (2010). Handbook of Christianity in China, Vol. Two: 1800-Present . Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-9004114302 .
References
- ↑ Laarmann, Lars Peter. (20 August 2013). "In Memoriam: Prof. Rolf Gerhard Tiedemann 1941—2019" . SOAS University of London . Retrieved 24 August 2019 .
- ↑ Tiedemann, R. G. (15 April 2017). "Back to origins" . R. G. Tiedemann 1941-2019 . Retrieved 8 August 2019 .
- 1 2 Tiedemann, Martin (5 August 2019). "Professor R.G. Tiedemann, 1941 – 2019" . R. G. Tiedemann 1941-2019 . Retrieved 8 August 2019 .
- ↑ Tiedemann, R. G., ed. (2010). Handbook of Christianity in China, Vol. Two: 1800-Present . Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-9004114302 .
- ↑ Tiedemann, R. G. (18 August 2013). "Bibliography" . R. G. Tiedemann 1941-2019 . Retrieved 8 August 2019 .
- ↑ Peter Laamann, Lars (2021). "Prof. Rolf Gerhard Tiedemann (狄德滿), 1941—2019" . Studies in World Christianity . 27 (3): 319–321. doi : 10.3366/swc.2021.0355 . ISSN 1354-9901 .
- ↑ Laamann, Lars Peter; Lee, Joseph Tse-Hei, eds. (2018). The Church as Safe Haven: Christian Governance in China . Leiden: Brill.
- ↑ Tiedemann, Martin (16 August 2019). "Gary Tiedemann obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 24 August 2019 .
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