Tsien Tsuen-hsuin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tsien Tsuen-hsuin

American sinologist

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1909

Place of Birth: Taizhou, Jiangsu, China

Date of Death: 09-Apr-2015

Profession: librarian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Tsien Tsuen-hsuin (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Qián Cúnxùn; 11 January 1910 – 9 April 2015), also known as T.H.
Tsien, was a Chinese sinologist and librarian who served as a professor of Chinese literature and library science at the University of Chicago, and was also curator of its East Asian Library from 1949 to 1978.
He is known for studies of the history of the Chinese book, Chinese bibliography, paleography, and science and technology, especially the history of paper and printing in China, notably Paper and Printing, Volume 5 Pt 1 of Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China.
He is also known for risking his life to smuggle tens of thousands of rare books outside of Japanese-occupied China during World War II.