梅谷(1907-1992）
梅谷，1907年出生于德国弗莱堡，德裔犹太人。美国著名中国问题研究专家。1930年毕业于柏林大学。1933年获得弗莱堡大学法学博士。1934年至1938年任浙江大学德语教授。1939年赴美，任霍普金斯大学副研究员。1942年转任华盛顿大学。
1928到1930年，在柏林大学学习法律，在柏林东方语言025 德国汉学家在1933-1945年的迁移研究班学习中文。1930年获得学位证书后，他去弗赖堡大学学习政治科学及法律；在那里，他於1933年获得法学博士。同时，他在巴登行政机构任区域检察官和法官（1931-1933）。
尽管1933年被德国外国行政处任命为专员，他还是因犹太血统被解雇，同年移居中国。1934到1938年，他任教於国立浙江大学（日本侵入期间随校迁入内地）；1938年，前往美国（1944年入籍），成为霍普金斯大学的研究助理。1942年，他被委任在华盛顿大学设立美国军队亚洲语言课程，在那里又成为远东历史和政府助教，1943年为副教授，1946年成为教授。
从1947到1962年，他任远东及俄罗斯学院助理主任，后为执行主任，还担任当代中国历史课题的负责人。1964年，他去了华盛顿(D.C)的乔治华盛顿大学。作为中国史和政府教授，他任中国-苏联研究学院副主任，后为学院及国家防御教育中心主任（1969-1972）。
从1972到1977年退休，他为历史学及国际事务教授，并任当代中国及亚洲研究主任。他的早期著作是关於中国封建帝国后期政治史（《中国满族统治的起源》）；后期在致力於当代中国政治研究前，他与人合写了三卷本的《太平天国起义：历史及资料》。
Franz H. Michael (1907-92) was director of The George Washington University's (GW) Institute for Sino-Soviet Studies from 1969 to 1972. A noted expert on Chinese history and Far Eastern affairs, Michael came to GW in 1964 as the associate director of the institute under Kurt London. He also served as professor of Chinese history and international affairs. Michael specialized in nineteenth-century China and in Sino-Soviet relations, and testified before
several subcommittees of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He also did work on behalf of the State Department and Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
Michael was born on March 10, 1907 in Freiburg, Germany. He studied at the Universities of Freiburg, Hamburg, and Berlin from 1925-33, earning his Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1933. He served as an attache in the German diplomatic service, but left after Hitler's seizure of power. From 1933 to1938 he worked and studied in China as a professor at the National Chekiang University in Hangchow. In 1938, he left China and came to the United States, teaching Chinese affairs and European history at Johns Hopkins University from 1939 to 1942.
Before coming to GW, Michael was assistant and acting director of the Far Eastern and Russian Institute at the University of Washington, where he taught from 1942 to 1964. Michael then came to George Washington University in 1964 as the associate director of the Institute of Sino-Soviet Studies and later became the director in 1969. He authored numerous books and articles, including "The Origin of Manchu Rule in China" (1942) and "The Far East in the Modern World" (1955). Dr. Michael also gave a commencement address to the School of Public and International Affairs in June 1970.
Michael retired from GW in 1977. He was married to his wife Dolores and had a son and daughter. He died in August 1, 1992 in Monterey, California.
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