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Townsend, Rose, [?] - 1990

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: [?] - 1990 1990
  • Usage: 1947

Biography

Rose Townsend, nee Yardumian, was an Armenian American journalist who worked for the English-language daily newspaper People´s China. She married Peter Townsend in 1949 when he was also working as a journalist in China, sending regular articles about China to the New Statesman. By the end of 1949, the Townsends had become sufficiently concerned about the future for foreigners in the People´s Republic to decide, reluctantly, to leave for London. Initially, Rose trained as teacher while Peter edited the magazine China Monthly and in 1955 published the book China Phoenix giving a favourable view of the revolution.

Rose Townsend died in 1990.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Peter and Rose Townsend Archive

 Fonds
Reference code: 372
Scope and Contents

Documents donated by the family of Peter and Rose Townsend, including booklets, newspaper cuttings, newsletters, reports and translated articles relating to China, including many items dating from the early 1950s concerning the Cultural Revolution.

For further details of this collection please see the External Documents section below.

Dates: 1945 - 1995