Smith, Cordwainer, 1913-1966

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American political scientist and author.

From the description of Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger papers, 1922-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871982

American writer and educator; professor at Duke University, Johns Hopkins, and others.

From the description of Philippine government and politics : extracted from Southeast Asian governments and politics : typescript, 1958 October / by Paul M.A. Linebarger and Genevieve C. Linebarger. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364546

Biographical Note

  • 1913, July 11: Born, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • 1919 - 1920 : Student, Punaho Academy, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • 1920 - 1922 : Student, British Cathedral School, Shanghai, China
  • 1923 - 1925 : Student, Oberealschule, Baden-Baden, Germany
  • 1926: Student, Kaiser Wilhelm School, Shanghai
  • 1930: University of Nanking
  • 1933: A.B., George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
  • 1936: Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
  • Married Margaret Snow (divorced 1949)
  • 1930 - 1936 : Private secretary to P.M.W. Linebarger, Legal Adviser to National Government of China, Nanking and Washington, D.C.
  • 1936 - 1937 : Tutor in division of history, government and economics, Harvard University
  • 1937: Author, The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen
  • 1937 - 1938 : Instructor, political science, Duke University
  • 1938: Author, Government in Republican China
  • 1938 - 1945 : Assistant professor
  • 1941: The China of Chiang Kai-shek
  • 1942: Participated in formation of Office of War Information as Far Eastern specialist
  • 1946: Associate professor
  • 1945 - 1946 : Lecturer, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
  • 1946: Professor of Asiatic Politics
  • 1948: Author, Psychological Warfare
  • 1950: Married Genevieve Collins
  • 1954: Author, Governments and Politics in the Far East
  • 1966, August 6: Died
  • Linebarger also wrote fiction and science fiction under the pseudonyms: Anthony Bearden, Felix C. Forrest, Carmichael Smith and Cordwainer Smith

From the guide to the Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger Papers, 1922-1967, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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