What is Roderick MacFarquhar?
{{Infobox philosopher | main_interests = Modern Chinese history | image = Roderick MacFarquhar.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Roderick Lemonde MacFarquhar | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|12|2|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[British India]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|2|10|1930|12|2|df=y}} | alma_mater = [[Harvard University]] ({{small|[[M.A.]]}}) <br> [[Keble College]], [[Oxford]] ({{small|[[B.A.]]}}) | institutions = [[Harvard University]]<br> [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] <br> [[Columbia University]]<br> [[Oxford University]] | school_tradition = | influences = | influenced = | notable_ideas = }} '''Roderick Lemonde MacFarquhar''' (2 December 1930 – 10 February 2019)<ref>{{Cite web | title=Roderick Macfarquhar, Former Director of the Fairbank Center, 1930-2019 | url=https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/roderick-macfarquhar-former-director-of-the-fairbank-center-1930-2019/ | date=February 11, 2019 | access-date=11 February 2019 | archive-date=15 February 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215033202/https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/roderick-macfarquhar-former-director-of-the-fairbank-center-1930-2019/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> was a British politician and journalist. He was a [[Harvard University]] professor. He was a [[Member of Parliament]] from 1974 to 1978. He was best known for his studies of [[Mao]]ist China, the three-volume ''The Origins of the Cultural Revolution'' and ''Mao’s Last Revolution''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2185878/roderick-macfarquhar-scholar-who-wrote-leading-history-chinas|title=Roderick MacFarquhar: leading historian of the Cultural Revolution|last=Zheng|first=William|date=2019-02-12|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:MacFarquhar, Roderick}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Harvard University faculty]] [[Category:English journalists]] [[Category:English historia