[3.0/LINQ] Get Type object from string

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I'm reading a string from a file, which would be something like "char", or "bool" etc. I'm trying to get a type object from it. While working out how to do this i've tried the code below, but it doesn't work.

Any ideas why?

Type T = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(char)).GetType("System.char", true);
Type T = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(char)).GetType("char", true);

Thanks for any help.