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Fairbank, John King, 1907-

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Papers of John K. Fairbank

Collection Identifier: HUGFP 12
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John King Fairbank (1907-1991) was a a leading scholar in modern and contemporary China studies. Fairbank was the Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History at Harvard Univeristy and Director of its East Asian Research Center. He was married to Wilma Cannon Fairbank, the author of numerous scholarly books on Chinese archeology and architecture.