Edwin O. Reischauer - Wikipedia
Edwin Oldfather Reischauer (/ ˈraɪʃaʊ.ər / RYSHE-ow-ər; October 15, 1910 – September 1, 1990) was an American diplomat, educator, and professor at Harvard University. Born in Tokyo to American educational missionaries, he became a leading scholar of the history and culture of Japan and East Asia.
Edwin O. Reischauer | Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
Edwin Oldfather Reischauer (October 1910 – September 1990) was born and raised in Tokyo, the son of Presbyterian educational missionaries. At sixteen, he left Japan for Oberlin College, later taking up graduate work at Harvard where he studied East Asian history, including a five-year world study tour to Paris, Tokyo, Kyoto, and Beijing.
The Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies
Established in 1984, with the explicit support of the Reischauer family, the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) actively supports the research and study of transpacific and intra-Asian relations, to advance mutual understanding between Northeast Asia and the ...
Edwin O. Reischauer | Japan expert, Harvard professor ...
Edwin O. Reischauer (born Oct. 15, 1910, Tokyo, Japan—died Sept. 1, 1990, La Jolla, Calif., U.S.) was an American historian, diplomat, and educator and a leading expert on Asian, particularly Japanese, affairs.
About Us - The Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies
Edwin O. Reischauer, the first Japanese-born and Japanese-speaking U.S. ambassador to Japan (1961-1966), started his career teaching at Harvard University, where he eventually became director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute. In this role, he paved the way for the establishment of East Asian studies in American universities.
The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures — Harvard University Press
The first Japanese-born and Japanese-speaking U.S. Ambassador to Japan (1961–1966), Edwin O. Reischauer started his career teaching at Harvard University and eventually became the director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute.
Edwin O. Reischauer | East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Commemorated with both an Institute and Professorship in his name, Edwin Oldfather Reischauer (1910-1990) was, together with John Fairbank, one of the two professors to most profoundly and evidently leave their mark on the development of East Asian studies at Harvard.