Background
Clarence Wilbur was born on May 13, 1908, in Dayton, Ohio, United States, into the family of Hollis Adelbert Wilbur and Mary Irene Wilbur. He grew up in Japan and China where his parents were missionaries.
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Clarence Wilbur was born on May 13, 1908, in Dayton, Ohio, United States, into the family of Hollis Adelbert Wilbur and Mary Irene Wilbur. He grew up in Japan and China where his parents were missionaries.
In 1931 Clarence graduated from Oberlin College. Then he earned his PhD at Columbia University in 1941.
Wilbur devoted his attention to Asian studies and became a well-known authority on the political history of China. In 1936 he became the curator of Chinese archaeology for the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, a post he held until 1942. During World War II, he served as a research analyst for the U.S. Office of Strategic Services and later for the U.S. Department of State.
In 1947 Clarence joined the faculty of Columbia University where he taught Chinese history until his retirement in 1976. He was also a central figure in organizing the Columbia Oral History Project. Then he served as the director of Columbia’s East Asian Institute from 1957 to 1963. Moreover, he contributed many articles to scholarly journals and books.
Clarence was married to Kathryn Wilbur, with whom he had two children.
