Derk Bodde
Derk Bodde (March 9, 1909 – November 3, 2003) was an American sinologist and historian of China known for his pioneering work on the history of the Chinese legal system.
Derk Bodde | |
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| Born | March 9, 1909 Marshfield, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | November 3, 2003 (aged 94) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Discipline | Chinese history Sinology |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
Bodde received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1930. He spent six years (1931-1937) studying in China on a fellowship. He earned a doctorate in Chinese Studies from the University of Leiden March 3, 1938. When the Fulbright scholarship program was initiated in 1948, Bodde was the first American recipient of a one-year fellowship, which he spent studying in Beijing.
He spent several decades as Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and was a president of the American Oriental Society (1968–69). He was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.