Hans Bielenstein | |||||||||||
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| Born | 8 April 1920 | ||||||||||
| Died | 8 March 2015 (aged 94) New York City, New York, United States | ||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Stockholm University | ||||||||||
| Known for | Han dynasty studies | ||||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||||
| Fields | Chinese history | ||||||||||
| Institutions | Columbia University Australian National University | ||||||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Bernhard Karlgren | ||||||||||
| Notable students | David Keightley | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 畢漢思 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 毕汉思 | ||||||||||
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Hans Henrik August Bielenstein (8 April 1920 − 8 March 2015) was a Swedish sinologist and Dean Lung Professor Emeritus from Columbia University specialising in the history of the Han dynasty.[1]