“An Old China Hand Who Loved the Chinese People”: Herbert Chatley (1885-1955), Civil Engineer and Historian of Chinese Science and Technology
Herbert Chatley (1885‑1955) was one of the scholars on whose research and expertise Joseph Needham drew when writing Science and Civilisation in China. Chatley worked in China for three decades, first as a teacher in Tangshan 唐山, where he trained a number of Chinese engineers and scientists, then...
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Herbert Chatley (1885‑1955) was one of the scholars on whose research and expertise Joseph Needham drew when writing Science and Civilisation in China. Chatley worked in China for three decades, first as a teacher in Tangshan 唐山, where he trained a number of Chinese engineers and scientists, then as an engineer in charge of the dredging of the Huangpu 黃浦 river in Shanghai. His scholarship spanned a wide spectrum of fields, and therefore belonged in various spaces of circulation, including not only the global community of engineering, but also that of knowledge about China pertaining to the history of science and technology, then mostly separated from academic sinology in the West.
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| spelling | doaj-art-8b1f0d2ca8ff4473a96ed00f974f20bd2025-08-20T02:01:29ZengFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariAnnali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale2385-30422025-05-0161210.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2025/02/001journal_article_19646“An Old China Hand Who Loved the Chinese People”: Herbert Chatley (1885-1955), Civil Engineer and Historian of Chinese Science and TechnologyJami, Catherine0Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France Herbert Chatley (1885‑1955) was one of the scholars on whose research and expertise Joseph Needham drew when writing Science and Civilisation in China. Chatley worked in China for three decades, first as a teacher in Tangshan 唐山, where he trained a number of Chinese engineers and scientists, then as an engineer in charge of the dredging of the Huangpu 黃浦 river in Shanghai. His scholarship spanned a wide spectrum of fields, and therefore belonged in various spaces of circulation, including not only the global community of engineering, but also that of knowledge about China pertaining to the history of science and technology, then mostly separated from academic sinology in the West. http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2025/02/001Astronomy. Engineering. History of science and technology. Joseph Needham. Republican China |
| spellingShingle | Jami, Catherine “An Old China Hand Who Loved the Chinese People”: Herbert Chatley (1885-1955), Civil Engineer and Historian of Chinese Science and Technology Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale Astronomy. Engineering. History of science and technology. Joseph Needham. Republican China |
| title | “An Old China Hand Who Loved the Chinese People”: Herbert Chatley (1885-1955), Civil Engineer and Historian of Chinese Science and Technology |
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| title_short | “An Old China Hand Who Loved the Chinese People”: Herbert Chatley (1885-1955), Civil Engineer and Historian of Chinese Science and Technology |
| title_sort | an old china hand who loved the chinese people herbert chatley 1885 1955 civil engineer and historian of chinese science and technology |
| topic | Astronomy. Engineering. History of science and technology. Joseph Needham. Republican China |
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