| Harold L. Kahn | |
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| Born | (1930-11-15)November 15, 1930 Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 11, 2018(2018-12-11) (aged 88) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Discipline | Historian |
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| Main interests | History of China |
Harold L. Kahn (November 15, 1930 – December 11, 2018) was an American historian. He was a professor of Chinese History at Stanford University, and the author of a book about Imperial China.
Early life
Kahn was born on November 15, 1930, in Poughkeepsie, New York. He graduated from Williams College, and he earned a PhD in History from Harvard University.
Career
Kahn began his career as a History professor at the SOAS, University of London. He taught Chinese History at Stanford University from 1968 to 1998. The Kahn-Van Slyke Award for Graduate Mentorship and the Harold Kahn Reading Room at Stanford University were named in his honor. Kahn authored a book about Imperial China.
Kahn was opposed to United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
Death
Kahn died on December 11, 2018, in San Francisco.
Selected works
- Kahn, Harold L. (1971). Monarchy in the Emperor's Eyes: Image and Reality in the Ch'ien-lung Reign. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. OCLC 470209346.
References
- ^ "Harold Kahn". San Francisco Chronicle. December 20, 2018. Archived from the original on January 14, 2023 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ "Stanford Professor Emeritus Harold Kahn, who specialized in Chinese history, dead at 88". Stanford News. January 15, 2019. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019.
- 1930 births
- 2018 deaths
- 20th-century American historians
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American historians
- 21st-century American male writers
- Academics of SOAS University of London
- American anti–Vietnam War activists
- American male non-fiction writers
- Harvard University alumni
- Historians from California
- Historians from New York (state)
- Writers from Poughkeepsie, New York
- Academics from San Francisco
- Stanford University faculty
- Williams College alumni