JOHN KING FAIRBANK, "Dean" of American China Studies, b. 105 Years Ago

JOHN KING FAIRBANK

May 24, 1907-September 14, 1991

WILMA CANNON FAIRBANK

Daughter HOLLY FAIRBANK

JOHN KING FAIRBANK

and PHOEBE

at home at 41 Winthrop Street

Cambridge, Massachusetts

(not present, Elder Daughter LAURA FAIRBANK)

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JOHN KING FAIRBANK, b. May 24, 1907

JOHN KING FAIRBANK

May 24, 1907-September 14, 1991

JOHN KING FAIRBANK

Harvard Professor, Mentor, Friend

The "Dean" of American China studies

pictured at home in the Winthrop Street

house (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

he shared with Wilma Cannon Fairbank

until his death on September 14, 1991