Wright, Arthur F., 1913-1976
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Name (Latin)
Wright, Arthur F., 1913-1976
Other forms of name
Wright, Arthur Frederick, 1913-1976
Wright, Arthur F., 1913-
Date of birth
1913-12-03
Date of death
1976-08-11
Field of activity
Academic writing
China
Education
Occupation
College teachers
Editors
Sinologists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Buddhism in Chinese history, 1965, c1959:title page (Arthur F. Wright)
- Contemporary Authors Online, 2003 via Gale Biography in Context, March 26, 2014(Arthur Frederick Wright; born December 3, 1913, in Portland, Oregon; died August 11, 1976 in New London, Connecticut. Family: married Mary Oliver Clabaugh (a professor of history), July 6, 1940 (died in June, 1970); married Marya Wankowicz Welch, March 4, 1972; children (first marriage) Charles Duncan, Jonathan Arthur. Education: Stanford University, A.B., 1935; Oxford University, B.Litt., 1937; Harvard University, A.M., 1940, Ph.D., 1947. Employment: Stanford University, assistant professor, 1947-51, associate professor, 1951-58, professor of history, 1958-59; Yale University, professor, 1959-61, Charles Seymour Professor of History, 1961-1976.)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2008) with Index (1851-1993) via WWW, March 26, 2014August 14, 1976 (Prof. Arthur Wright of Yale, 62, Scholar of Chinese History, Dies; Arthur F. Wright; specialized in Chinese social and intellectual history of the pre-modern era; chairman of the Yale Council on East Asian Studies and chairman of the Committee on Studies of Chinese Civilization of the American Council of Learned Societies; during WWII, he and his first wife were arrested by Japanese authorities in Peking on Pearl Harbor Day and spent two and a half years in prison; in 1974, he returned to China as a member of an American archeological expedition)
- His Buddhism in Chinese history, 1968, c1959:t.p. (Arthur F. Wright) p. 145 (prof. of history at Yale Univ.)
- LC data base, 8-2-88(hdg.: Wright, Arthur F., 1913-1976)