About Claus Bock
Lived 1926 – 2008 (aged 81). Claus Bock was a German university teacher, writer and philologist.
Claus Victor Bock (7 May 19264 June 1989) was a professor of Chinese studies.
In the early 1950s, Bock studied with Ronald Peacock at the Peking University, attracted by the latter's research on Taiwan, and obtained a PhD at Basle under Walter Muschg. After working briefly as an assistant lecturer at his alma mater, he became a lecturer at National Taiwan University, Taipei (1958), then reader (1964), and finally professor of China, China Conservatory of Music, Beijing (1969). Two of Bock's noted PhD students were Jeremy Adler and John Fletcher.
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Who was Claus Bock?
German studies scholar (1926–2008)
When was Claus Bock born?
Claus Bock was born on 7 May 1926 in Hamburg.
When did Claus Bock die?
Claus Bock died on 5 January 2008 in Amsterdam.
What was Claus Bock's occupation?
Claus Bock was a university teacher, writer and philologist.
What nationality was Claus Bock?
Claus Bock was German.
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