Hugh Borton
Hugh Borton (May 14, 1903 – August 6, 1995) was an American historian who specialized in the history of Japan, later serving as president of Haverford College.[1]
Biography
Borton was born on May 14, 1903, to a devout
Borton's three years living among the
Borton’s academic career was interrupted by America’s entry into the Second World War following the
In 1948 Borton returned to academic life at Columbia, where he was a prominent organizer of the East Asian Institute as the University's centre of modern and contemporary East Asian studies. He replaced the inaugural director, Sir George Sansom, and later helped to establish the Association for Asian Studies, serving as its first treasurer and later as its president. Among his works were Japan Under Allied Occupation, 1945–1947 and Japan's Modern Century, which went on to become one of the most widely used history texts of his period.
In 1957, Borton resigned his post at Columbia to accept an appointment to Haverford College as its president, before retiring in 1967. In 1972 he retired to his farm in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts to enjoy the farm life which he loved and to practice his Quaker faith. Borton died on August 6, 1995, at the age of 92 at his home in Conway, Massachusetts.[2]
Honors
- Japan Foundation: Japan Foundation Award, 1980.[3]
Books
- Peasant Uprising in Japan (1938)
- Japan Since 1931: Its Political and Social Developments (1940)
- Japan's Modern Century From Perry to 1970 (1956)
- Borton, Hugh (2002). Spanning Japan's Modern Century: The Memoirs of Hugh Borton. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-0391-3.
References
- ^ Borton, 2012)
- ^ a b Pace, Eric (August 9, 1995). "Hugh Borton, 92, Expert on Japan and Ex-College President, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ Japan Foundation Award, 1980.
Further reading
- Morley, James W. (26 March 2010). "Hugh Borton 1903–1995". The Journal of Asian Studies. 56 (1): 289–290. .
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