William Sheldon Ridge
| William Sheldon Ridge BA, FGS, FRGS | |||||||||
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| Born | 1875 | ||||||||
| Died | 1945 | ||||||||
| Residence |
East Anglian School, Bury St Edmunds [1902] Municipal School, Shanghai, China [1903] Chinese Public School, Shanghai, China [1905] | ||||||||
| Occupation | educator | ||||||||
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Proposed by J.L. Myres; seconded by A.C. Haddon 1902.10.28
1911.02.07 It was resolved that Messrs E.F. Martin, Paul Radin, R.B.S. Sewell and R.C.J. Swinhoe be struck off the list of Fellows. That Capt. Pope Hennessey be threatened with expulsion. That Messrs F. Eyles, Hewitt, Oman Hadji Johari, E.W. Elkington and Sheldon Ridge be suspended for one year.
1912.06.11 It was resolved that Prof. Otto Juettner, Messrs E. Giblin, W. Sheldon Ridge and Omar Hadji Johari be struck off the list of Fellows
1913.10.21 The Treasurer’s action in writing to Mr Sheldon Ridge regarding the arrears of his subscription was approved
1914.02.10 The Treasurer announced that Mr Sheldon Ridge and Mr G.F. Hodgson had paid up their arrears viz. £10 10s and £6 6s respectively
1921.03.22 It was resolved ... that the following be removed from the list of Fellows: E.B. Betts, A. Morrison, B. Morley, G.F. Porter, W. Sheldon Ridge, Mr B. Williams, C.H. During, L.H. Ernst, C.W. Haywood, W. Kirkpatrick, H.N. Thomson
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William Sheldon Ridge was born in Selby, Yorkshire on 10 Jan 1875, and worked as a teacher. He married Mary Louisa Craven in 1903, who died in 1923. They went out to China in 1904 when Ridge became Headmaster of the Shanghai Municipal Public School for Chinese. In 1905 he became Assistant Editor of The Shanghai Mercury, and held a series of editorships including The National Review China (1907-1916); The Peking Daily News (1917-1921); and The Far Eastern Times (1922-1926). In 1930 Ridge started The Chronicle, which he continued until 1939 when he retired. As well as doing journalistic work Ridge was Lecturer on Chinese geography and international relations at the North China Union Language School (from 1917), and Professor of English Language and Literature at the Chinese Government College of Salt Administration (from 1920) and at the Chinese Government University of Communications (from 1927). On their retirement the Ridges moved to Yenchi, and were interned by the Japanese in 1943. In 1945 Ridge died suddenly from a gall stone obstruction.
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