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(1919-2017) Educator, scholar. Wm. Theodore de Bary was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Tappan, New York.

Full Name

Wm. Theodore de Bary

Locations

Bronx

Author's Timeline


1919

BIRTH

William Theodore de Bary was born in the Bronx, New York, on August 9, 1919.

1941

OTHER

Professor de Bary graduated from Columbia College in 1941.

1953

OTHER

Professor de Bary received a master's degree in 1948, a doctorate in 1953, and taught at Columbia University.

1958

LITWORK

Sources of Japanese Tradition
Columbia University Press

Nonfiction edited by Professor de Bary, with Ryusaku Tsunoda and Donald Keene.

1960

LITWORK

Sources of Chinese Tradition: Volume 1
Columbia University Press

Nonfiction edited by Professor de Bary.

1964

LITWORK

A Guide to Oriental Classics
Columbia University Press
0231026846 / 978-0231026840
Nonfiction.

1970

LITWORK

Self and Society in Ming Thought
Columbia University Press
231032714X / 978-2310327145
Nonfiction.

1975

LITWORK

The Unfolding of Neo-Confucianism
Columbia University Press
0231038283 / 978-0231038287
Nonfiction.

1988

LITWORK

East Asian Civilizations : A Dialogue In Five Stages
Harvard University Press
0674224051 / 978-0674224056
Nonfiction.

1998

LITWORK

Asian Values and Human Rights
Harvard University Press
978-0674001961 / 0674001966
Nonfiction.

2004

LITWORK

Nobility and Civility: Asian Ideals of Leadership and the Common Good
Harvard University Press
9780674015579
Nonfiction.

2006

LITWORK

Living Legacies at Columbia
Columbia University Press
0231138849 / 978-0231138840
Nonfiction edited by Professor de Bary.

2013

LITWORK

The Great Civilized Conversation: Education For A World Community
Columbia University Press
9780231162760
Nonfiction.

2017

DEATH

Wm. Theodore de Bary died at his home in Tappan, New York, on July 14, 2017.

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