Arthur W. Hummel, Sr.

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Arthur William Hummel, Sr. (March 6, 1884 – March 10, 1975) was a Christian missionary to China, noted Sinologist and father of Arthur W. Hummel, Jr., a career diplomat and U.S. Ambassador to China.

Later, he worked from 1928 to 1954 at the Library of Congress as the first Chief of the Orientalia Division.[1]

He 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.

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• Hummel, Arthur W., Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644-1912), 1943