Thomas Haining

Thomas Nivison Haining CMG (15 March 1927 – 17 July 2005), was a British diplomat. He was ambassador to Mongolia from 1979 to 1982.[1] He married in 1955 and had a son.[2]

Thomas Nivison Haining
CMG
British Ambassador to the Mongolian People's Republic
In office
1979–1982
Foreign Service
In office
1952–1982
Personal details
Born15 March 1927
Died17 July 2005 (age 78)
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh and University of Göttingen
AwardsMost Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Career

In 1952, Haining entered the British government's Foreign Service, later transferring to the Diplomatic Service, and saw service in Vienna, Moscow, Rome and New York. From 1979 to 1982 he was British ambassador to the Mongolian People's Republic.

Following his retirement, Haining settled in Brechin in Angus, Scotland. He became an honorary research associate in history at the University of Aberdeen and honorary president of the Chinese Studies Group.[3][4][5] He became a frequent contributor about Mongolia and the history of the Mongols to academic journals.

In 1991, Blackwell published Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy by Paul Ratchnevsky, which Haining had edited, translated from the German and contributed to.[6] The Royal Asiatic Society reviewer commented: "The translation is excellent. Mr Haining is to be congratulated on his contribution to what is in many respects an improvement even on Ratchnevsky's splendid work."[7][8][9]

Honours

Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (1983).

References
  1. July 17, 2005, March 15, 1927- (6 July 2023). "Tom Haining". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 7 July 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. July 17, 2005, March 15, 1927- (4 July 2023). "Tom Haining". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 4 July 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy | Wiley". Wiley.com. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. Haining, Thomas. "The Mongols and religion". Asian Affairs. 17 (1): 19–32. doi:10.1080/03068378608730208. ISSN 0306-8374.
  5. Aberdeen Chinese Studies Group newsletter 1991-2. https://www.abdn.ac.uk/csg/documents/Aberdeen_Chinese_Studies_Group_History.pdf
  6. Barrett, T. H. (23 April 1992). "More famous than Madonna". London Review of Books. Vol. 14, no. 08. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  7. Khazanov, Anatoly M. (1993). "Review of Genghis Khan. His Life and Legacy". Mongolian Studies. 16: 106–109. ISSN 0190-3667.
  8. Hanak, Walter K. "Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy. Paul Ratchnevsky , Thomas Nivison Haining". Speculum. 70 (2): 416–417. doi:10.2307/2864944. ISSN 0038-7134.
  9. Jackson, Peter. "Genghis Khan: his life and legacy. By Paul Ratchnevsky, translated and edited by Thomas Nivison Haining. pp. xvii, 313. 25 illus., map. Oxford and Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell, 1991. £25.00". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 3 (3): 453–454. doi:10.1017/S1356186300014292. ISSN 1474-0591.
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