John DeFrancis | |||||||||||
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| Born | August 31, 1911 Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States | ||||||||||
| Died | January 2, 2009 (aged 97) Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | ||||||||||
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| Academic advisors | George A. Kennedy | ||||||||||
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| Discipline | Linguist | ||||||||||
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| Main interests | sinology, lexicography | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 約翰‧德范克 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 约翰‧德范克 | ||||||||||
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John DeFrancis (August 31, 1911 – January 2, 2009) 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.