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Arthur W. Hummel

(Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William), Sr., 1884-1975)

Arthur William Hummel Sr. (March 6, 1884 – March 10, 1975) was an American Christian missionary to China, head of the Asian Division of the Library of Congress, noted sinologist, and editor of Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period, a biographical dictionary. He was the first president of the Association for Asian Studies, in 1948. Hummel's son, Arthur W. Hummel Jr., was a career diplomat and U.S. Ambassador to China. (From Wikipedia)

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Associated author:

Gu, Jiegang, 1893-1980

Books by Arthur W. Hummel:

Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William), Sr., 1884-1975, ed.: The Autobiography of a Chinese Historian: Being the Preface to a Symposium on Ancient Chinese History (Leyden: E. J. Brill, 1931), by Gu Jiegang (page images at delpher.nl)
Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William), Sr., 1884-1975, ed.: Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644-1912) (2 volumes; Washington: GPO, 1943-1944) (page images at HathiTrust)

Additional books by Arthur W. Hummel in the extended shelves:

Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William), Sr., 1884-1975: Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing period (1644-1912) (U.S. Govt. print. off, 1943), also by Library of Congress. Orientalia Division (page images at HathiTrust)

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