Cordwainer Smith

Cordwainer Smith

male, deceased (1966)
Psychological warfare theorist, Johns Hopkins University alumni, author, Johns Hopkins University faculty, science fiction, Episcopalian…EastAsia
Cordwainer Smith — pronounced "CORDwainer" — was the pseudonym used by American author Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (July 11, 1913–August 6, 1966)...
Victor H. Mair

Victor H. Mair

male
american philosophical society, Harvard University, Sino-Platonic Papers, Columbia History of Chinese Literature, Dao De Jing, Vernacular Chinese…EastAsia, Central Asia
Victor H. Mair is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of...
Teresa Teng

Teresa Teng

female, deceased (1995)
indonesian language, indonesian, Japanese language, Cantonese, Taiwanese dialect, mandarin…EastAsia
Teresa Teng </small> (January 29, 1953 - May 8, 1995), was a very famous singer from Taipei, Taiwan. She enjoyed immense popularity amongst all...
Jon Huntsman Jr.

Jon Huntsman Jr.

male, 49 years old
Wharton school, George W. Bush administration, missionary, Mormon, Wharton School alumni, apostle…EastAsia
Jon Huntsman , Sr., W�59, was profiled in an article about the most influential people in Utah. The article focused on Huntsman�s incredible phil...
Cai Lun

Cai Lun

male, deceased (121)
Han Dynasty eunuchs, Papermaker, Eastern Han Dynasty, courtesy name, Emperor An, Emperor He…EastAsia
Cai Lun (ca. AD 50-121), courtesy name Jingzhong (敬仲), was a Chinese eunuch, who is conventionally regarded as the inventor of paper and the pape...
Arthur Kleinman

Arthur Kleinman

male, 68 years old
Anthropologist, Harvard University, EastAsia, Medical Anthropology, Chinese culture, Michael Phillips
Professor Arthur Kleinman was appointed chair of the DSM in 1991 and led the DSM into its second decade, continuing and strengthening academic...
Odd Arne Westad

Odd Arne Westad

male
London School of Economics, New York University, norwegian, cambridge university, historian, Cold War…Historian of Southeast Asia, EastAsia, East Asian, Historian of Asia
Professor Odd Arne Westad, born 5 January 1960, is a Norwegian academic and historian specialising in the Cold War and contemporary East Asian...
Felice Beato

Felice Beato

male, 179 years old
British in China, Photojournalism, Indian rebellion of 1857, Genre works, from the Ionian Islands, war photography…EastAsia
Felice Beato (born 1833 or 1834, died c.1907), sometimes known as Felix Beato, was a Corfiote photographer. He was one of the first photographers...

Eric Talmadge

male
journalist, American, Associated Press, EastAsia
Eric Talmadge is an Associated Press reporter who has covered events in East Asia, including the story of Charles Robert Jenkins and the Indian...
Julia Chang Bloch

Julia Chang Bloch

female, 67 years old
Harvard University, United States-Japan Foundation, EastAsia, Master's Degree, nepal, American
Julia Chang Bloch (born 1942) was an American diplomat, and the first U.S. ambassador of Asian origin. Chang Bloch was born in China, and moved to...