Homer H. Dubs
Homer H. Dubs | |||||||||||
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| Born | March 28, 1892 Deerfield, Illinois, United States | ||||||||||
| Died | August 16, 1969 (aged 77) Oxford, England | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (Ph.D.) Union Theological Seminary (B.D.) Columbia University (M.A.) Yale University (B.A.) | ||||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||||
| Fields | Chinese philosophy, religion, Han dynasty history | ||||||||||
| Institutions | Oxford University Marshall University | ||||||||||
| Notable students | David Hawkes | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 德效騫 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 德效骞 | ||||||||||
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Homer Hasenpflug Dubs (March 28, 1892 – August 16, 1969) was an American sinologist. Though best known for his translation of sections of Ban Gu's Book of Han, he published on a wide range of topics in ancient Chinese history, astronomy and philosophy. Raised in China as the son of missionaries, he returned to the United States and earned a Ph.D. in philosophy (1925). He taught at University of Minnesota and Marshall College before undertaking the Han shu translation project at the behest of the American Council of Learned Societies. Subsequently, Dubs taught at Duke University, Columbia University and Hartford Seminary. In 1947, Dubs moved to England to take up the Chair of Chinese at Oxford University, which had been vacant since 1935. He retired in 1959 and remained in Oxford until his death in 1969.