John DeFrancis
Sign in to saveAmerican linguist (1911-2009)
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Within Vinony's link graph, John DeFrancis is referenced by 91 other articles, and connects out to lexicography, sinology and Chinese.
It sits within the topics 1911 births, 2009 deaths and 20th-century American linguists.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1911
- Works
- 37
Top works
- Schriftfestschrift
- Practice Sheets for Beginning Chinese Reader
- ABC Chinese-English dictionary
- Advanced Chinese Reader (Linguistic)
- Annotated Quotations from Chairman Mao (Linguistic)
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 14
- Total plays
- 96
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bridgeport
- Place of death
- Honolulu
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Yale University
- Employer
- University of Hawaiʻi System
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of death
- 2009-01-02
- date of birth
- 1911-08-31
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