Lattimore, Owen, 1900-1989
Contributed to
ae09The Monguors of the Kansu-Tibetan frontier
The Monguors of the Kansu-Tibetan frontierBook 1954
ah01Mongolia
Mongoliaarticle 1933
ah01Outer Mongolia and its international position
Outer Mongolia and its international positionBook 1949
ah06Chinese colonization in Inner Mongolia
Chinese colonization in Inner Mongoliaessay 1932
ah06The Mongols of Manchuria
The Mongols of ManchuriaBook 1934
- Summary
- Owen Lattimore was an American Orientalist and writer. He was an influential scholar of China and Central Asia, especially Mongolia. Although he never earned a college degree, in the 1930s he was editor of Pacific Affairs, a journal published by the Institute of Pacific Relations, and taught at Johns Hopkins University from 1938 to 1963. He was director of the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations from 1939 to 1953. During World War II, he was an advisor to Chiang Kai-shek and the American government and contributed extensively to the public debate on U.S. policy toward Asia. From 1963 to 1970, Lattimore was the first Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Leeds in England. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5]
- Born
- 1900 [2]
- 1900-07-29 [5]
- Birth Place
- Washington (District of Columbia, États-Unis) [3]
- Washington, D.C. [5]
- Died
- 1989 [2]
- 1989-05-31 [5]
- Death Place
- Providence (Rhode Island, États-Unis [3]
- Providence [5]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- sinologist [5]
- university teacher [5]
- diplomat [5]
- Profession
- Diplomat [2]
- Employer
- University of Leeds [5]
- Educated at
- St. Bees School [5]
- Harvard University [5]
- Country of Education
- United States [5]
- United Kingdom [5]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [5]
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [5]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [5]
- Notable Names Database
- Profile [5]
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [5]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. National Library of Korea
- 5. Wikidata
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