Fang, Zhaoying, 1908-1985
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Name (Latin)
Fang, Zhaoying, 1908-1985
Other forms of name
Fang, Chao-ying, 1908-1985
房兆楹, 1908-1985
Date of birth
1908
Date of death
1985-04-28
Associated country
Australia
China
United States
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Fang Zhaoying; born in China; attended Yanjing University; attended Columbia in 1933; worked at Library of Congress, Columbia University University of California Berkeley; worked for two years at the Australian National University; returned to Columbia in 1963; contributed to Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period 1644-1912 (1943); wrote Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1364-1644 (1976); died while in China lecturing in 1985 ( (National Library of Australia, viewed September 19 2014:) )
- Hockett, C. F.Spoken Chinese, 1944.
- Tu, L.C. San shih san chung Chʻing tai chuan chi tsung ho yin te, 1987:t.p. (Fang Chao-ying)
- Ricci Institute online catalog, June 9, 2008(Fang Zhaoying, 1908-1985)
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房兆楹
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Wikipedia description:
Fang Chao-ying (Chinese: 房兆楹; pinyin: Fáng zhàoyíng; 1908–1985) was a Chinese-born American Sinologist, bibliographer, and historian of China best known for the contributions he and his wife, Tu Lien-che, made to the biographical dictionaries Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1943) and Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368–1644 (1976). He spent his professional career primarily at libraries and universities in the United States. Columbia University in 1985 conferred degrees of Doctor of Humane Letters upon Mr. and Mrs. Fang. He became an American citizen in 1958.
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