Huang Xianfan
Chinese historian, ethnologist and educator (1899-1982) · China · Educators · Died at 82
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Huang Xianfan was born November 13, 1899, into the Zhuang ethnic group in China. He built a career across three overlapping domains: history, ethnology, and education. His work focused on recording and analyzing the societies of China's ethnic minorities, particularly those in the south, at a time when such scholarship was marginal. He taught, wrote, and shaped how those communities were understood within Chinese academia. Huang died January 18, 1982, having spent more than half a century in the field.
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