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Ambrose King was born on 14 February, 1935, is a Hong Kong sociologist, educator, writer and academic. Discover Ambrose King's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?

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1935

Ambrose King Yeo-chi, SBS, JP (born 14 February 1935) is a Hong Kong sociologist, educator, writer and academic.

He was formerly vice-chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

Ambrose King received most of his education in Taiwan.

He graduated from Taipei Municipal Chenggong Senior High School, earned a B.A from National Taiwan University and M.A. degree in political studies from National Chengchi University.

1970

Then he went to the United States and earned his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh in 1970.

After earning his PhD, he joined the Department of Sociology of CUHK in 1970.

1974

In 1974, he was promoted to Senior Lecturer, in 1979 to Reader and in 1983 Professor of Sociology in CUHK.

1975

He wrote theses on Hong Kong society, including The Administrative Absorption of Politics in Hong Kong (1975), which argued that the British cooptation of local elites would lead to "synarchy", a form of joint rule; Social Life and Development in Hong Kong (1985); The Special Character of Hong Kong's Polity and its Democratic Prospects (1987); One Country, Two Systems: An Idea on Trial (1995); and Hong Kong: A City with the Most Traits of Modernity in Chinese Societies (2000).

He held that to understand Hong Kong, one cannot overlook two important threads, namely, colonial rule and capitalism.

He introduced the administrative absorption politics model (行政吸納政治) in 1975.

When he visited Cambridge University in 1975, he wrote his first essay on university education, entitled Two Cultures and Technological Humanism.

1977

From 1977 to 1985, he served as Head of New Asia College and in 1989 he became Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the university before succeeding Arthur Li.

King has written essays; Cambridge Musings (1977), Heidelberg Musings (1986) and Ever in my Heart (2005).

He is also a calligrapher.

His research interest are modernisation and modernity of China, and the role of tradition in social-cultural transformation.

He employed the theoretical framework of Max Weber to study the development of Chinese culture in the process of modernisation.

He also tried to measure the costs and benefits of modernisation after the breakdown of the old Chinese dynastic orders

1983

In 1983 he published The Idea of a University, a work that was the fruit of many years of reflection and study.

1994

In 1994, he was elected a Fellow of Academia Sinica in Taiwan, and in the following years he has been honoured by many universities.

2002

In 2002 he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, and retired in 2004.

He is now a Professor of Sociology in the CUHK, teaching the course Individual and Society.

2019

and clan systems in the late 19th century.