John Lossing Buck

John Lossing Buck
Born(1890-11-27)November 27, 1890[1]
DiedSeptember 27, 1975(1975-09-27) (aged 84)[1]
Years active1915 – 1957[1]
Spouses
(m. 1917; div. 1935)
[1]
  • Lomay Chang Buck (m. 1941)
Children4[1]
Academic career
FieldAgricultural economics[1]
Institutions
Alma materCornell University (BS 1914, MS 1925, PhD 1933)[1]

John Lossing Buck (27 November 1890 – 27 September 1975,[1][2] adopted the Chinese name 卜凱) was an American agricultural economist [3] specializing in the rural economy of China. He first went to China in 1915 as an agricultural missionary for the American Presbyterian Mission and was based in China until 1944. His wife, whom he later divorced, was Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck.

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  2. ^ See the photo of "Dr John Lossing Buck". Findagrave. July 14, 2008. Find a Grave Memorial no. 28263596, citing Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York, USA
  3. ^ "Brief Biography of Pearl S. Buck: Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, 1892 – 1973". University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2021.