Fang Chao-ying (房兆楹) (pinyin: Fang Zhaoying) (b, Tianjin 1908– d. Beijing 1985) was a China-born American Sinologist, bibliographer, and historian of China best known for the contributions he and his wife, Tu Lien-che, made to the biographical dictionaries Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1943) and Ming Biographical Dictionary (1976). [1] He spent his professional career primarily at libraries and universities in the United States.[2]
Columbia University in 1985 conferred degrees of Doctor of Humane Letters upon Mr. and Mrs. Fang.[3] He became an American citizen in 1958.[1]
- ^ a b Obituary (1985).
- ^ "Fang Collection". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on May 21, 2024.
- ^ Beal (1985), p. 75.