John Lossing Buck
John Lossing Buck | |
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| Born | November 27, 1890 |
| Died | September 27, 1975 (aged 84) |
| Years active | 1915 – 1957 |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 4 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (BS 1914, MS 1925, PhD 1933) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Agricultural economics |
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John Lossing Buck (27 November 1890 – 27 September 1975, adopted the Chinese name 卜凱) was an American agricultural economist specializing in the rural economy of China. He first went to China in 1915 as an agricultural missionary for the American Presbyterian Mission and was based in China until 1944. His wife, whom he later divorced, was Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck.