John King Fairbank
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John King Fairbank was a pioneering American historian and sinologist whose scholarship fundamentally shaped Western understanding of modern Chinese history.
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| John King Fairbank canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
American academic
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historian ⓘ sinologist ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | H. A. R. Gibb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Western understanding of China
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modern Chinese history ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Bancroft Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1907-05-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Huron, South Dakota, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1991-09-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Balliol College, Oxford
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University of Oxford ⓘ
surface form:
Oxford University
University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Fairbank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Chinese history
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East Asian studies NERFINISHED ⓘ sinology ⓘ |
| fullName | John King Fairbank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | historical scholarship ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
American sinology in the 20th century
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Fairbank school of China studies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Historical Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryService | Office of Strategic Services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | modernization theory in Chinese studies ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Benjamin I. Schwartz
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Joseph W. Esherick NERFINISHED ⓘ Roderick MacFarquhar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
China: A New History
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The Cambridge History of China NERFINISHED ⓘ The United States and China NERFINISHED ⓘ Trade and Diplomacy on the China Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History at Harvard University
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director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University ⓘ founding director of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research ⓘ |
| spouse | Wilma Cannon Fairbank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| taught | Chinese history ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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