Wm. Theodore de Bary, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wm. Theodore de Bary

American sinologist and East Asian literary scholar

Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1919

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 14-Jul-2017

Profession: sinologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

William Theodore "Ted" de Bary (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Dí Péili; August 9, 1919 – July 14, 2017) was an American Sinologist and East Asian literary scholar who was a professor and administrator at Columbia University for nearly 70 years. De Bary graduated from Columbia College in 1941, where he was a student in the first year of Columbia's famed Literature Humanities course.
He then briefly took up graduate studies at Harvard University before the US entered World War II.
De Bary left the academy to serve in American military intelligence in the Pacific Theatre.
Upon his return, he resumed his studies at Columbia, where he earned his Ph.D.
in 1953. He edited numerous books of original source material relating to East Asian (primarily Japanese and Chinese) literature, history, and culture, as well as making the case, in his book Nobility and Civility, for the universality of Asian values.
He is recognized as essentially creating the field of Neo-Confucian studies.