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American academic and sinologist (1909?2003)
Derk Bodde
(March 9, 1909 – November 3, 2003) was an American
sinologist
and
historian of China
known for his pioneering work on the history of the Chinese legal system.
Bodde received his undergraduate degree from
Harvard University
in 1930. He spent six years (1931-1937) studying in China on a fellowship. He earned a
doctorate
in Chinese Studies from the
University of Leiden
March 3, 1938. When the
Fulbright scholarship
program was initiated in 1948, Bodde was the first American recipient of a one-year fellowship, which he spent studying in
Beijing
.
He spent several decades as Professor of Chinese Studies at the
University of Pennsylvania
, and was a president of the
American Oriental Society
(1968?69). He was a member of both the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
and the
American Philosophical Society
.
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