James Murdoch (journalist)
James Murdoch (27 September 1856 – 30 October 1921) was a Scottish-Australian academic, journalist, translator, editor and Japanologist. He is best known for writing a three-volume A History of Japan. It was the first history of Japan published in the English.[1]
James Murdoch | |
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| Born | September 27, 1856 |
| Died | October 30, 1921 (aged 65) |
| Nationality |  Scottish
(British) |
| Occupation | journalist, educator, historian |
Early life
Murdoch was born in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, in Scotland. At the University of Aberdeen, he earned a bachelor's and master's degree. He also studied at Oxford University.[1]
Selected works
In an overview of writings by and about Murdoch, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 60+ works in 130+ publications in 4 languages and 1,300+ library holdings .[2]
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- A history of constitutional reform in Great Britain and Ireland : with full account of the three great measures of 1832, 1867 and 1884, 1885
- The narrative of a Japanese; what he has seen and the people he has met in the course of the last forty years, 1890 (with Joseph Heco)
- Ayame-san, a Japanese romance of the 23rd year of Meiji (1890), 1892
- From Australia and Japan, 1892
- The Nikkō district, 1893
- Scenes from the Chiushingura and the story of the forty-seven Rōnin, 1893
- A history of Japan, 1903
- Scenes from open air life in Japan, 1910 (with W. K Burton)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sissons, D. C. S. "Murdoch, James (1856–1921)," Australian Dictionary of Biography; 2012-11-6.
- ↑ WorldCat Identities: Murdoch, James 1856-1921; retrieved 2012-11-1.