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Roderick MacFarquhar

British politician (1930-2019)
Person human Q1049595

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
December 2, 1930
Date of death
February 10, 2019
Place of birth
Lahore
Place of death
Cambridge
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[9]
Occupation
politician, journalist, political scientist, sinologist
Employer
Harvard University[13]
Field of work
history of China[10]
Position held
member of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom[11][12]
Educated at
Keble College, Harvard University, Fettes College, University of London[14][15][16][17]
Member of political party
Labour Party[19]
Doctoral student
Alan M. Wachman[20]
Work location
London[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[25]
Candidacy in election
February 1974 United Kingdom general election, October 1974 United Kingdom general election[27][28]
Family name
MacFarquhar[22]
Given name
Roderick[23]
Military branch
British Army[21]
Name in native language
Roderick Lemonde MacFarquhar[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en MacFarquhar en Roderick MacFarquhar cs Roderick Lemonde MacFarquhar ja ロデリック・マクファーカー ja ロデリック・マックファーカー tr Roderick Lemonde MacFarquhar zh 罗德里克·麦克法夸尔 zh 马若德 zh 麥克法夸爾 zh 麦克法考尔 zh-hant 馬若德
🔖 Identifiers · 57
ISNI
0000000110254942
VIAF cluster ID
41854393
Library of Congress authority ID
n50042024
GND ID
130301728
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Roderick MacFarquhar.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
90321316
Babelio author ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12026994z
CALIS ID
n2004395583
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12091623
CiNii Research ID
1140000791677901440
DDB person (GND) ID
130301728
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
130301728
ELNET ID
a1193055x
Evene ID
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Freebase ID
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Goodreads author ID
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Hansard (1803–2005) ID
mr-roderick-macfarquhar
Harper's tag
roderick-macfarquhar
IdRef ID
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JRC Names ID
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KBR person ID
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Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
130301728
Kallías ID
PE00439159
Libraries Australia ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01195175
NDL Authority ID
00470823
NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NLP ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
000278743
NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Israel ID (old)
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007264852405171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200105593
National Library of Latvia ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810636453405606
National Library of Portugal ID
351484
National Virtual Library of India ID
212953
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Obálky knih ID
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Open Library ID
OL271026A
Our Campaigns candidate ID
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
90000381302
Parliament.uk member ID
1668
Prabook ID
1707823
RERO ID (legacy)
A003544465
Rush Parliamentary Archive ID
4837
SBN author ID
CFIV062763
TheyWorkForYou ID
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UK Parliament ID
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UOM ID
30824
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/404718
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/9362fc43-5db0-4744-8a87-792081ec79a4

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Educated at 4
Harvard University, University of London, Keble College, Fettes College
Candidacy in election 2
February 1974 United Kingdom general election, October 1974 United Kingdom general election
Occupation 2
politician, journalist
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Employer 1
Harvard University
Field of work 1
history of China
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of political party 1
Labour Party
Military branch 1
British Army
Place of birth 1
Lahore
Place of death 1
Cambridge
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
London
← Editor-in-chief 1
The China Quarterly
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Summary

Roderick MacFarquhar was born on December 2, 1930[1], in Lahore[2]. He died on February 10, 2019[3], in Cambridge[4]. He worked as a politician[5], journalist[6], political scientist[7], and sinologist[8].

FAQs

Where was Roderick MacFarquhar born?

Roderick MacFarquhar was born in Lahore[2].

Where did Roderick MacFarquhar die?

Roderick MacFarquhar passed away in Cambridge[4].

What did Roderick MacFarquhar do for work?

Roderick MacFarquhar worked as a politician[5], journalist[6], political scientist[7], and sinologist[8].

Where did Roderick MacFarquhar go to school?

Roderick MacFarquhar was educated at Keble College[14], Harvard University[15], Fettes College[16], and University of London[17].

Related Entities

London United Kingdom University of London

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . aromix.ath.cx. aromix.ath.cx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Hansard 1803–2005. wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Hansard 1803–2005. wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . Hansard 1803–2005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Doctoral student → Alan M. Wachman
    Position held → member of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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