Charles O. Hucker | |||||||
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| Born | June 21, 1919 | ||||||
| Died | November 18, 1994 (aged 75) | ||||||
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| Spouse | Myrl Henderson | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Sinology; Chinese history | ||||||
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| Thesis | The Chinese censorate of the Ming dynasty, including an analysis of its activities during the decade 1424–1434 (1950) | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 賀凱 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 贺凯 | ||||||
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Charles Oscar Hucker (Chinese: 贺凯; June 21, 1919 – November 18, 1994) was an American historian and Sinologist who was a professor of Chinese language and history at the University of Michigan. He was regarded as one of the foremost historians of Ming dynasty China and a leading figure in the promotion of academic programs in Asian Studies during the 1950s and 1960s.