John DeFrancis

John DeFrancis

American sinologist (1911–2009)

📍 Bridgeport, Connecticut USA

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John DeFrancis was an American linguist and sinologist. He was an author of Chinese language textbooks, a lexicographer of Chinese dictionaries, and a professor emeritus of Chinese studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

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