Lattimore, Owen (1900-1989)

US scholar. He edited Pacific Affairs (1934-41). He also taught at the Johns Hopkins University (1938-63) and the University of Leeds, England (1963-75). Lattimore was born in Washington, DC. He spent his boyhood in China and was educated in Europe before returning to China (1919-27), primarily to inner Asia, the subject of many of his later books.