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Louis King

Header: Louis King
Also known as: Louis King; primary name: King, Louis Magrath
Details: individual; academic/intellectual; official; British; Male
Life dates: 1886-1949
Biography: Consul and author of several works on China and Tibet. Son of Paul Henry King, Commissioner of Chinese Customs Service. Born at Jiujiang, China and educated at Chefoo School (Yantai) and Berkhamsted. King joined the British China Consular Service in 1905; stationed at Kangding (Tachienlu), Sichuan, from 1913-1915 and 1919-1922, and made several journeys on the Chinese-Tibetan frontier. Married Rinchen Lhamo, the author of 'We Tibetans' (Seeley Service & Co.: 1926). Retired from the Consular Service in 1924. Gave a collection of Tibetan objects to the Museum. Publications include: 'China As It Really Is' (Evelyn Nash: 1912); 'China in Turmoil: Studies in Personality' (Heath Cranton: 1927); 'Cause and Effect in China' (Contemporary Review, 172: 1947); plus, the Historical Introduction to 'We Tibetans' by Rinchen Lhamo (Seeley Service & Co.: 1926), and 'By Tophet Flare' (Methuen: 1937), published in the USA as 'The Warden of the Marches: A Tale of Adventure on the Chinese Frontier of Tibet,' a semi-autobiographical novel based on his experiences at Tachienlu. (See also: Tim Chamberlain, 'Edge of Empires' in The British Museum Magazine, No.66, Spring/Summer 2010, pp50-52; Tim Chamberlain, 'Books of Change: A Western Family's Writings on China, 1855-1949' in The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society China, Vol. 75, No. 1, 2013, pp55-76.)

22 related objects

amulet-case

Museum number: 1921,0219.8 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

bell; ghanta

Museum number: 1921,0219.9 |
Production date: 1900 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

figure

Museum number: 1921,0219.1 |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Nepal |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Nepal

figure

Museum number: 1921,0219.6 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tachien-la

figure

Museum number: 1921,0219.2 |
Production date: 17thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

figure

Museum number: 1921,0219.7 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tachien-la

figure

Museum number: 1921,0219.5 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

figure

Museum number: 1921,0219.3 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

phur-bu; dagger

Museum number: 1921,0219.12 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tachien-la

prayer-wheel

Museum number: 1921,0219.12 |
Production date: 1900 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

prayer-wheel

Museum number: 1921,0219.13 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tachien-la

prayer-wheel

Museum number: 1921,0219.14 |
Production date: 1900 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

thang-kha

Museum number: 1921,0201,0.3 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

thang-kha

Museum number: 1921,0201,0.2 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

thang-kha

Museum number: 1921,0201,0.5 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

thang-kha

Museum number: 1921,0201,0.4 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

thang-kha

Museum number: 1921,0201,0.1 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

thang-kha

Museum number: 1921,0219,0.17 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

trumpet

Museum number: 1921,0219.15 |
Production date: 19th Century |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

trumpet

Museum number: 1921,0219.16 |
Production date: 19th Century |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

vajra

Museum number: 1921,0219.11 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tachien-la

vajra

Museum number: 1921,0219.10 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tachien-la