William Hung (sinologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Hung (sinologist)

historian of China

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1893

Place of Birth: Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Date of Death: 22-Dec-1980

Profession: historian

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

William Hung (Chinese: ??; 27 October 1893 – 22 December 1980), was a Chinese educator, sinologist, and historian who taught for many years at Yenching University, Peking, which was China's leading Christian university, and at Harvard University.
He is known for bringing modern standards of scholarship to the study of Chinese classical writings, for editing the Harvard-Yenching Index Series, and for his biography, Tu Fu: China's Greatest Poet.
He became a Christian while a student at the Anglo-Chinese College in Fuzhou, then went to Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, Columbia University, and Union Theological Seminary.
On his return to China, he became Professor and Dean of Yenching University, where he was instrumental in establishing the Harvard-Yenching Institute.
He came to Harvard in 1946 and spent the rest of his life in Cambridge, Massachusetts, teaching and mentoring students. William Hung was the oldest of six children.
His father gave him the "school name" Hong Ye ("Great Enterprise"), and then when he left for the United States he took the given name William.
He married Rhoda Kong in 1919, and the couple had three children, Ruth, Gertrude, and Agnes.