CATEGORY
Biographical Data
ACCESS
open access
URL
https://heurist.huma-num.fr/h6-alpha/?db=ModernChinaBiographicalDatabase&website&id=109237
DESCRIPTION
Modern China Biographical Database (MCBD) is a freely accessible relational database recording historical actors active in China during the Late Qing and Republican periods (1830-1949), regardless of origin, nationality, or duration of presence. MCBD currently holds data on over 75,000 individuals, 20,000 positions, 6,000 curricula/degrees, 10,000 institutions, and 14,000 companies. A distinctive feature is presenting individuals under all forms their names took, including Chinese characters and various Western-language transliterations, addressing the complex challenge of name standardization across linguistic boundaries. The database captures the diverse actors who shaped modern China's transformation—Chinese and foreign officials, educators, missionaries, businesspeople, journalists, intellectuals, and revolutionaries. The database is built on the Heurist platform (huma-num.fr) and designed for both individual queries and large-scale prosopographical analysis of institutional development, elite networks, educational systems, commercial enterprises, and transnational connections.
SOURCE LIST
ACLS Open Database Resource Guide
TAGS
LAST MODIFIED
2026-01-16