John DeFrancis
American linguist
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John DeFrancis was an American linguist, sinologist, author of Chinese language textbooks, lexicographer of Chinese dictionaries, and professor emeritus of Chinese Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Wikipedia
Born: August 31, 1911, Bridgeport, CT
Died: January 2, 2009 (age 97 years), Honolulu, HI
Education: Yale College (BA); Columbia University (MA, Ph.D)
Simplified Chinese: 约翰‧德范克
