Frederic Wakeman

Frederic Evans Wakeman Jr.
Born(1937-12-12)December 12, 1937
DiedSeptember 14, 2006(2006-09-14) (aged 68)
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materHarvard University, University of California, Berkeley
Scientific career
FieldsEast Asia
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisorJoseph Levenson
Notable studentsMark Elliott, Joseph Esherick, Madeleine Zelin, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Orville Schell

Frederic Evans Wakeman Jr. (Chinese: 魏斐德; pinyin: Wèi Fěidé; December 12, 1937 – September 14, 2006) was an American scholar of East Asian history and Professor of History at University of California, Berkeley. He served as president of the American Historical Association and of the Social Science Research Council. Jonathan D. Spence said of Wakeman that he was an evocative writer who chose, "like the novelist he really wanted to be, stories that split into different currents and swept the reader along", adding that he was "quite simply the best modern Chinese historian of the last 30 years".[1]

  1. ^ Frederic E. Wakeman Jr., 68 Los Angeles Times September 28, 2006