Ray Huang
Ray Huang (Chinese: 黃仁宇; pinyin: Huáng Rényǔ; 25 June 1918 – 8 January 2000) was a Chinese-American historian and philosopher who was an officer in the National Revolutionary Army and fought in the Burma Campaign. In 1964, Huang earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Michigan. He worked with Joseph Needham and was a contributor to Needham's Science and Civilisation in China. Huang taught history at universities in the US and the UK, and he is best known in his later years for the idea of macro-history.
Ray Huang | |||||||||||
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| Born | June 25, 1918 | ||||||||||
| Died | January 8, 2000 (aged 81) | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Nankai University University of Michigan | ||||||||||
| Spouse | Gayle Bates | ||||||||||
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| Fields | Macro history | ||||||||||
| Institutions | Columbia University State University of New York at New Paltz Center for East Asian Research Cambridge University | ||||||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Yu Ying-shih | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃仁宇 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄仁宇 | ||||||||||
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