Frances Wood
English librarian, sinologue and historian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Frances Wood (Chinese: 吴芳思; pinyin: Wú Fāngsī; born 1948) is an English librarian, sinologue and historian known for her writings on Chinese history, including Marco Polo, life in the Chinese treaty ports, and the First Emperor of China.
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Born | 1948 (age 75–76) London, United Kingdom |
Occupation | Librarian |
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Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge (PhD) |
Thesis | Domestic Architecture in the Beijing Area, 1860–1930 (1983) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Historian |
Sub-discipline | Chinese history |
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