DeFrancis, John, 1911-2009

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Name (Latin)
DeFrancis, John, 1911-2009
Other forms of name
De Francis, John Francis, 1911-2009
Francis, John Francis De, 1911-2009
nnaa De Francis, John Francis, 1911-
Francis, John Francis de
De Francis, Johhn Francis
Date of birth
1911-08-31
Date of death
2009-01-02
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 109351682
Wikidata: Q1392142
Library of congress: n 83062654
Sources of Information
  • Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), May 9, 2006(John DeFrancis; b. Aug. 31, 1911, Bridgeport, Conn.; Columbia University, Ph. D., 1948; University of Hawaii at Manoa, professor of Chinese, 1966-1976; professor emeritus, 1976- )
  • His Beginning Chinese ... 1946.
  • Ling, J. C. P. Varieties of spoken standard Chinese, 1982- :v. 1, t.p. (John DeFrancis)
  • New York times WWW site, Jan. 15, 2009(John DeFrancis; b. Aug. 31, 1911, Bridgeport, Conn.; d. Jan. 2, Hawaii, aged 97; one of the most influential scholars and teachers of the Chinese language in the last century)