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Mar 28, 1892 Deerfield, Illinois, United States Died on 16 Aug 1969 (aged 77)
American sinologist
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About Homer H. Dubs
- Homer Hasenpflug Dubs (March 28, 1892 – August 16, 1969) was an American sinologist and polymath.
- Though best known for his translation of sections of Ban Gu's Book of Han, he published on a wide range of topics in ancient Chinese history, astronomy and philosophy.
- Raised in China as the son of missionaries, he returned to the United States and earned a Ph.D.
- in philosophy (1925).
- He taught at University of Minnesota and Marshall College before undertaking the Han shu translation project at the behest of the American Council of Learned Societies.
- Subsequently, Dubs taught at Duke University, Columbia University and Hartford Seminary.
- In 1947, Dubs moved to England to take up the Chair of Chinese at Oxford University, which had been vacant since 1935.
- He retired in 1959 and remained in Oxford until his death in 1969.
