Michael A. Szonyi(Chinese:宋怡明;pinyin:Sòng Yímíng; born May 18, 1967) is Professor ofChinese HistoryatHarvard Universityand former director of theFairbank Center for Chinese Studies. His research focuses on the local history of southeast&nbs...

Edwin George "Ted" PulleyblankFRSC(August 7, 1922 – April 13, 2013) was a Canadiansinologist. He was a professor who taught at theUniversity of British Columbia.[1][2]He was known for his studies of the historicalphonologyofChinese.Life and...

Jerome Ch'enFRSC(Chinese:陳志讓;pinyin:Chén Zhìràng; October 2, 1919 – June 17, 2019) was a Chinese-Canadian historian.Early life and educationCh'en was born asCh'en Chih-janginChengdu,Sichuan,Republic of Chinain Octob...

Timothy James Brook(Chinesename: 卜正民; born January 6, 1951) is a Canadianhistorian, sinologist, and writer specializing in the study ofChina(sinology).[1][2][3][4]He holds the Republic of China Chair, Department of History,University of British Columbia.H...

Snejina Gogova(Bulgarian: Снежина Гогова) (born 1937) isBulgarianSinologist,sociolinguist, andpsycholinguist, and Professor ofChinese Linguisticsat the Faculty of Classical and ModernPhilologiesofSofia University.[1]Gogov...

FatherFerdinand Verbiest(9 October 1623 – 28 January 1688) was aFlemishJesuitmissionaryinChinaduring the reign of theQing dynasty. He was born inPittemnearTieltin theCounty of Flanders(now part ofBelgium...