Nivison, David S.

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Name (Latin)
Nivison, David S.
Other forms of name
Ni, Dewei
Date of birth
1923-01-17
Date of death
2014-10-16
Associated country
United States
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 79183438
Wikidata: Q213004
Library of congress: n 80051715
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Wikipedia description:

David Shepherd Nivison (January 17, 1923 – October 16, 2014) was an American sinologist known for his publications on late imperial and ancient Chinese history, and philosophy, and for his 40 years as a professor at Stanford University. Nivison is known for his use of archaeoastronomy to accurately determine the date of the founding of the Zhou dynasty as 1045 BC instead of the traditional date of 1122 BC.

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