Rockhill, William Woodville, 1854-1914
aj01Notes on the ethnology of Tibet
Notes on the ethnology of TibetBook 1895
aa01Notes on some of the laws, customs, and superstitions of Korea
Notes on some of the laws, customs, and superstitions of Koreaarticle 1891
- Summary
- William Woodville Rockhill was a United States diplomat, best known as the author of the U.S.'s Open Door Policy for China, the first American to learn to speak Tibetan, and one of the West's leading experts on the modern political history of China. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4]
- Born
- 1854-05-01 [2]
- Birth Place
- Philadelphia, Pa. [2]
- Philadelphia [4]
- Died
- 1914-12-08 [2]
- Death Place
- Honolulu, Hawaii [2]
- Honolulu [4]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- explorer [4]
- diplomat [4]
- politician [4]
- Educated at
- École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr [4]
- Lycée Condorcet [4]
- Country of Education
- France [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
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