Skip to content
228,129 profiles ranked

No free photograph

Rafe de Crespigny

Australian sinologist and historian · Australia · On the map · Writers · Born 1936 · age 90

Richard Rafe Champion de Crespigny, also known by his Chinese name Zhang Leifu, is an Australian sinologist and historian. He is an honorary professor in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University.

Rafe de Crespigny is read about 18 times a day, in 11 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 21 September 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare Claim

A life in dates

2011Prix Stanislas JulienAward2001Centenary MedalAward1984Fellow of the Australian Academy of the HumanitiesAward1936Born16 March 1936

Also in Deutsch

Awards

Prix Stanislas Julien2011
Centenary Medal2001
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities1984

About this person

He specialises in the history, geography and literature of the Han dynasty, particularly the translation and historiography of material concerning the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.

Country
Australia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1936 · age 90