John K. Fairbank, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John K. Fairbank

American academic

Date of Birth: 24-May-1907

Place of Birth: South Dakota, United States

Date of Death: 14-Sep-1991

Profession: writer, historian, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

John King Fairbank (May 24, 1907 – September 14, 1991), was a prominent American historian of China.
Considered the doyen of post-war China studies, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University is named after him.
Among his most widely read books are The United States and China, which was first published in 1948 and went through revisions in 1958, 1979, and 1983, and his co-edited series, The Cambridge History of China.