Ann Paludan
Born
Ann Elizabeth Murray

1928 (1928)
Died(2014-10-30)30 October 2014
OccupationBritish writer
Spouse(s)John Ernest Powell Jones (or Powell-Jones)
Janus Paludan (d. 2004)
Children3

Ann Elizabeth Paludan (née Murray; 1928–30 October 2014) was a British author of several books on Chinese history, sculpture and architecture.

Biography

Ann Paludan was one of two daughters of Pauline Mary (née Newton) and Basil Murray. Her father was the second son of the eminent classical scholar Gilbert Murray and his wife, Mary (née Howard), and Ann would visit her grandparents at Yatscombe, on Boars Hill, particularly during her undergraduate years in St Hugh's College, Oxford when she cycled up to Yatscombe every Sunday.[1]

Her parents had split up when she was young and her father died in Spain when she was eight, so her visits to her grandparents gave a welcome sense of continuity.[1] On her mother's side she was the granddaughter of the painter Algernon Newton RA, of the family which founded the Winsor and Newton paints company, and a niece of actor Robert Newton. After graduating she worked as a British diplomat,[2] marrying John Ernest Powell-Jones[3] in December 1949[4] and starting a life abroad in 1949.[1]

Her son, Sir Mark Jones, was born on 5 February 1951;[5] he was an art historian and museum director and has been Master of St Cross College, Oxford since 2011.[6]

Janus Paludan (1920–2004), a Danish diplomat, had served as Danish Ambassador to the Congo 1962–1965 and to Brazil 1968–1972, and he and Ann married before he took up the post of Danish Ambassador to China in 1972.[7] They lived in Beijing until 1976, and thereafter she returned regularly to China on research trips.[8] He then served as Ambassador to Egypt in 1976 and to Iceland from 1977 to 1984, after which they retired to northern Cumbria.[7] Janus Paludan died in 2004.[9]

Ann Paludan died on 30 October 2014, aged 86. She was survived by her son Mark, a daughter (Elizabeth), five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Her son Robert died in 1998.[10]

Books

Ann Paludan researched the history of China and wrote a number of authoritative and widely cited books:

  • Ann Paludan (1981). The Imperial Ming tombs. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-962-209-029-3. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  • Ann Paludan (26 September 1991). The Ming tombs. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-585003-1. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  • Ann Paludan (1991). The Chinese spirit road: the classical tradition of stone tomb statuary. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-04597-0. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  • Ann Paludan (24 November 1994). Chinese tomb figurines. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-585817-4. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  • Ann Paludan (2006). Chinese sculpture: a great tradition. Serindia Publications. ISBN 978-1-932476-28-6. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  • Ann Paludan (6 April 2009). Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial China. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-28764-4. Retrieved 23 December 2010.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Christopher Stray, ed. (12 August 2007). Gilbert Murray reassessed: Hellenism, theatre, and international politics. Oxford University Press. pp. 17–23. ISBN 978-0-19-920879-1. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  2. ↑ Jeffrey A. Engel (2008). The China diary of George H.W. Bush: the making of a global president. Princeton University Press. pp. 61–. ISBN 978-0-691-13006-4. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Marriages." Times [London, England] 2 Sept. 1949: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 June 2012
  4. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 5c; Page: 696
  5. ↑ "Sir Mark Jones". Debrett’s. 2010. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  6. ↑ "JONES, Sir Mark (Ellis Powell) : Who's Who". ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  7. 1 2 Alexander Murray (17 February 2004). "Janus Paludan". The Independent (Obituaries). Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  8. ↑ Paludan, Ann (1998). Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial China. ISBN 0500050902.
  9. ↑ "Births, Marriages & Deaths." Times [London, England] 28 Jan. 2004: 36. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 June 2012
  10. ↑ "Ann Paludan obituary". theguardian.com. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
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