Lo Hui-min (; 1925-2006) was a Chinese and Australian historian of the late Qing and Republican periods, best-known for his work on

George Ernest Morrison George Ernest Morrison (4 February 1862 – 30 May 1920) was an Australian journalist, political adviser to and representative of the government of the Republic of China during World War I, and owner of the then largest Asiatic library ever as ...

and Ku Hung-ming. Born in Shanghai, he spent his childhood near

Quanzhou Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city, prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China, People's Republic of China. It is Fujian's largest most populous metropolitan region, wi ...

and his adolescence in Singapore before attending

Yenching University Yenching University () was a Private university, private research university in Beijing, China, from 1919 to 1952. The university was formed out of the merger of four Christian colleges between the years 1915 and 1920. The term "Yenching" come ...

. He completed a Ph.D. in History

Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

in 1953 under the supervision of Victor Purcell. He joined

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

in 1963, having been approached by C. P. Fitzgerald on a visit to London. He gave the

George Ernest Morrison Lecture in Ethnology The George Ernest Morrison Lecture in Ethnology is given annually at the Australian National University in honour of George Ernest Morrison. The Lectures, founded by the Chinese community in Australia "to honour for all time the great Australian ...

in 1976 and was elected a Fellow of The

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in 1981.

Geremie Barmé Geremie R. Barmé (born 1954) is an Australian sinologist and film-maker on modern and traditional China. He was formerly Director, Australian Centre on China in the World and Chair Professor of Chinese History at Australian National Universit ...

called him "a learned scholar with the best instincts of a journalist", and

Wang Gungwu Wang Gungwu ( zh, t=王賡武, s=王赓武, p=Wáng Gēngwǔ, labels=yes; born 1930), also written Wang Gung Wu, is a Chinese Australian historian, sinologist, and writer specialising in the history of China and Southeast Asia. He has studie ...

wrote upon Lo's death, "For his work on modern Chinese history, he demanded the highest standards of accuracy. He worried over every fact and detail, always determined to provide his reader with the most complete information possible. Thus I know that everything he has written can be relied upon and only regret that he did not write more. His herculean and efforts to edit the Morrison Diaries earned him considerable respect." He published in

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, East Asian, and

Journal of the Oriental Society of Australia A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of personal secretive thoughts and as open book to personal therapy or used to feel connected to onesel ...

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1925 births 2006 deaths Chinese-Australian history 20th-century Chinese historians {{China-historian-stub