Wing-tsit Chan
<p><strong>Wing-tsit Chan</strong> (<a title="Traditional Chinese characters" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">陳榮捷</span>; 18 August 1901 – 12 August 1994) was a Chinese scholar and professor best known for his studies of <a title="Chinese philosophy" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_philosophy">Chinese philosophy</a> and his translations of Chinese philosophical texts. Chan was born in China in 1901 and went to the United States in 1924, earning a Ph.D. from <a title="Harvard University" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University">Harvard University</a> in 1929. Chan taught at <a title="Dartmouth College" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_College">Dartmouth College</a> and <a title="Chatham University" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_University">Chatham University</a> for most of his academic career. Chan's 1963 book <em>A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy</em> was highly influential in the English-speaking world, and was often used as a source for quotations from Chinese philosophical classics.</p>