Mely G. Tan | |
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| Born | Mely Tan Giok Lan 11 June 1930 |
| Died | 30 April 2024 (aged 93) Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Nationality | Indonesian |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Studies on Chinese Indonesians |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociology |
| Thesis | Social Mobility and Assimilation: The Chinese in the United States (1968[1]) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳玉蘭 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈玉兰 | ||||||||
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| Indonesian name | |||||||||
| Indonesian | Tan Giok-lan | ||||||||
Mely Tan Giok Lan (11 June 1930 – 30 April 2024), professionally known as Mely G. Tan,[2] was an Indonesian sociologist. Tan obtained her bachelor's degree from the University of Indonesia, later receiving a scholarship to study at Cornell University. After finishing her doctorate at University of California, Berkeley, Tan returned to Indonesia and wrote extensively on economics and Chinese Indonesians.[3] She was a founding commissioner of the National Commission on Violence against Women.
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