Endymion Wilkinson
Endymion Porter Wilkinson (born 15 May 1941) is a British sinologist and diplomat who served as the European Union Ambassador to China and Mongolia from 1994 to 2001. He is particularly noted for Chinese History: A New Manual, the first version of which appeared in 1973, an authoritative guide to Sinology and Chinese history for which he was awarded the Prix Stanislas Julien for 2014. The 2022 revised and enlarged Sixth Edition (Fiftieth Anniversary Edition) consists of two volumes, 1.7-million-words, covering topics, primary sources, and scholarship from earliest times to 1976.
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Wilkinson holding the two heavy volumes of his sixth edition | |||||||
| Born | 15 May 1941 Lewes, England | ||||||
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge (BA, MA) Princeton University (PhD) | ||||||
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| Fields | Sinology, Japanopology, Southeast Asian studies | ||||||
| Institutions | SOAS, University of London European Commission Harvard University Peking University | ||||||
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| Chinese | 魏根深 | ||||||
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