John K. Fairbank

John K. Fairbank (born John King Fairbank; May 24, 1907 – September 14, 1991) was an American historian and writer who specialized in the study of China. He was born in South Dakota and held citizenship in the United States. Fairbank passed away in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Fairbank was educated at various institutions, including Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Balliol College, Oxford, and Harvard University. He held occupations as a historian and writer.

John K. Fairbank founded the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Some of his notable doctoral students were Joseph R. Levenson, Philip A. Kuhn, Edward L. Dreyer, and Marilyn B. Young.