Arthur W. Hummel Sr.
Arthur W. Hummel Sr. | |
---|---|
Christian missionary
Sinologist |
Arthur William Hummel Sr. (March 6, 1884 – March 10, 1975) was an American
He was father of
Early life
Hummel was born in Warrenton, Missouri, and graduated from the Morgan Park Academy in 1905. He received a bachelor's degree in 1909, a master's degree in 1911, and a Bachelor of Divinity in 1914, all from the University of Chicago.
While studying at the University of Chicago, he was attracted by the Student Volunteer Movement, and went to Japan to teach in Kobe, though not as a missionary. In the summers of 1913 and 1914, he visited his brother, who taught history and religious education at the University of Nanking and became intrigued with the country from which Japan had learned so much.[1]
Career in Library of Congress and Sinology
He returned to the United States in 1914, married, and in November the couple went to China as missionaries of the
Soon after arriving in the States, Hummel agreed to join the staff of the Library of Congress. He intended to stay for a short period before returning to China but instead served until his retirement in 1954. As the first Chief of the Orientalia Division. Hummel built the collection into one of the largest and best organized in the country.[2]'
In the early 1930s, he became a friend and colleague of
Graves arranged funding for Hummel's work on the
Hummel was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1950.[4]
Publications
- Hummel, Arthur W., Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644–1912), (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943).
See also
- Chang Hsüeh-ch'eng
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d Edwin G. Beal, Janet F. Beal, "Obituary: Arthur W. Hummel (1884–1975)," The Journal of Asian Studies 35.2 (1976): 267–275. JSTOR
- ^ Chinese Beginnings: Library of Congress Asian Collections
- ^ Jaarboek der Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden 1932 : Promotiën - 21 September 1931 tot 9 Juli 1932, p. 157.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
Sources
- Gu Jiegang, 'The Autobiography of a Chinese Historian Being the Preface to a Symposium on Ancient Chinese History (Ku Shih Pien)," Arthur W. Hummel, editor, translator, Issued also as thesis, Leyden, of the editor and translator E.J. Brill ltd., 1931.
- E.G. Beal, "Arthur W. Hummel and the Chinese Collection at the Library of Congress," Journal of East Asian Libraries 74.1 (1984): 7–15. [1]
- Edwin G. Beal and Janet F. Beal, "Obituary: Arthur W. Hummel (1884–1975)," The Journal of Asian Studies 35.2 (1976): 265–276.