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Frank Earl “Earl” Swisher

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Frank Earl “Earl” Swisher

Birth
Lyons, Rice County, Kansas, USA
Death
2 Jun 1975 (aged 72)
Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
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Born Frank Earl Swisher-known professionally as Earl Swisher. Professor Emeritus of History, University of Colorado at Boulder. On the faculty from 1935 to 1971, on leave for military service and as a Rockefeller Fellow in 1937-1938 and 1947-1948. B.A., 1924, M.A., 1929; Thesis: The Development of the Chinese Kuomintang, University of Colorado at Boulder, PhD, Harvard University, 1941; Thesis: The Management of the American Barbarians: A Study in the Relations Between the United States and China From 1840 to 1860. Specialist in Chinese history. Publications included: Asiatic Studies Program at the University of Colorado: Report of Activities of the Institute of Asiatic Affairs Over the Period 1944 to 1949, (1950); Key to Romanization of Chinese Personal Names in Bancock (1952); China's Management of the American Barbarians: A Study of Sino-American Relations, 1841-61, With Documents (1953); Directory of Chinas Personal Names in Singapore (1953); Directory of Chinese Personal Names Indonesia, (1953); Today's World in Focus-China (1964); Chinese Representation in the United States, (1967); Canton in Revolution: The Collected Papers of Earl Swisher, 1925-1928 (1977); and, Early Sino-American Relations, 1841-1912: The Collected Papers of Earl Swisher. U. S. Marines, World War II, Pacific Theater, participating in combat in the Marianas, Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Married Ina Lois Chapin (1900-1968) in Canton China on August 11, 1929.
Born Frank Earl Swisher-known professionally as Earl Swisher. Professor Emeritus of History, University of Colorado at Boulder. On the faculty from 1935 to 1971, on leave for military service and as a Rockefeller Fellow in 1937-1938 and 1947-1948. B.A., 1924, M.A., 1929; Thesis: The Development of the Chinese Kuomintang, University of Colorado at Boulder, PhD, Harvard University, 1941; Thesis: The Management of the American Barbarians: A Study in the Relations Between the United States and China From 1840 to 1860. Specialist in Chinese history. Publications included: Asiatic Studies Program at the University of Colorado: Report of Activities of the Institute of Asiatic Affairs Over the Period 1944 to 1949, (1950); Key to Romanization of Chinese Personal Names in Bancock (1952); China's Management of the American Barbarians: A Study of Sino-American Relations, 1841-61, With Documents (1953); Directory of Chinas Personal Names in Singapore (1953); Directory of Chinese Personal Names Indonesia, (1953); Today's World in Focus-China (1964); Chinese Representation in the United States, (1967); Canton in Revolution: The Collected Papers of Earl Swisher, 1925-1928 (1977); and, Early Sino-American Relations, 1841-1912: The Collected Papers of Earl Swisher. U. S. Marines, World War II, Pacific Theater, participating in combat in the Marianas, Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Married Ina Lois Chapin (1900-1968) in Canton China on August 11, 1929.


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