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E-tu Zen Sun

E-tu Zen Sun (24 July 1921 – 28 June 2021)[1] 孫任以都 was a historian, especially of "economic history of pre-20th century China."[2]

Biography[edit]

The eldest daughter of Chen Hengzhe and H. C. Zen, she was born in Beijing.[3][4] She arrived in the United States in 1941 and attended Vassar.[5] She completed her PhD at Radcliffe under the supervision of John King Fairbank, on some of whose projects she also collaborated.[6][7]

She was professor for many years at Pennsylvania State University, until retirement in 1988. She also served as president of the American Association of University Women State College from 1959 to 1961.[8] [9]With her husband Shiou-chuan Sun, a professor of engineering with a mining specialty, she produced the first English translation of Tiangong Kaiwu.[10] This was the first time the work appeared in a European language.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Etu Zen Sun". Koch Funeral Home. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  • ^ Sun, E-tu Zen; Kuhn, Dieter (1990). "Science and Civilisation in China, Vol. 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Pt. 9: Textile Technology: Spinning and Reeling". Technology and Culture. 31 (4): 865. doi:10.2307/3105915. JSTOR 3105915.
  • ^ "Obituary of Etu Zen Sun | Koch Funeral Home". kochfuneralhome.com. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  • ^ Su, E.-tu Zen. "E-tu Zen Sun papers". Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Library Catalog (Blacklight).
  • ^ "Vassar Yesterday - Vassar, the Alumnae/i Quarterly". www.vassar.edu. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  • ^ "John K. Fairbank Biography | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  • ^ Fairbank, John King (1982). "J. K. Fairbank: A Fifty-Year Memoir". The China Quarterly (92). Cambridge University Press: 714–719. ISSN 0305-7410. JSTOR 653688. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  • ^ "陈衡哲:创造5个第一的中国奇女子,自强不息,从不愿寄附于丈夫". www.toutiao.com (in Japanese). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  • ^ "AAUW State College celebrates a century of advancing equity for women". Centre Daily Times. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  • ^ Dai, Wusan (23 January 2021). Jiang, Xiaoyuan (ed.). A New Phase of Systematic Development of Scientific Theories in China: History of Science and Technology in China Volume 4. Springer. pp. 379–413. doi:10.1007/978-981-15-7844-1_12. Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Springer Link.
  • ^ "经典诵读 | 《天工开物》(一)". Weixin Official Accounts Platform. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=E-tu_Zen_Sun&oldid=1201293588"

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