Wing-tsit Chan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wing-tsit Chan

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Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1901

Place of Birth: Kaiping, Guangdong, China

Date of Death: 12-Aug-1994

Profession: philosopher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Wing-tsit Chan (Chinese: ???; 18 August 1901 – 12 August 1994) was a Chinese scholar and professor best known for his studies of Chinese philosophy and his translations of Chinese philosophical texts.
Chan was born in China in 1901 and went to the United States in 1924, earning a Ph.D.
from Harvard University in 1929.
Chan taught at Dartmouth College and Chatham University for most of his academic career.
Chan's 1963 book A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy was highly influential in the English-speaking world, and was often used as a source for quotations from Chinese philosophical classics.