Ezra F. Vogel

Ezra F. Vogel
Ezra F. Vogel
	Vogel at the National Library of China in 2013
Born	Ezra Feivel Vogel; July 11, 1930; Delaware, Ohio, US
Died	December 20, 2020 (aged 90); Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences; Japan Foundation Prize 1996
Academic background
Alma mater	Ohio Wesleyan University; Harvard University;
Doctoral advisor	Talcott Parsons
Academic work
Institutions	Harvard University; Yale University;
Main interests	East Asian society, politics, and history

Ezra Feivel Vogel (July 11, 1930 — December 20, 2020^[1]) was an American sociologist who wrote prolifically on modern Japan, China, and Korea. He was Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.

His 1978 book Japan as Number One: Lessons for America was a best-seller in both English and Japanese, and his 2011 book Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China won the Lionel Gelber Prize.

^ Smith, Harrison (December 22, 2020). "Ezra Vogel, Harvard scholar who bridged U.S. and East Asia, dies at 90". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[wp-1] Smith, Harrison (December 22, 2020). "Ezra Vogel, Harvard scholar who bridged U.S. and East Asia, dies at 90". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

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Ezra F. Vogel
Vogel at the National Library of China in 2013
Born	Ezra Feivel Vogel (1930-07-11)July 11, 1930 Delaware, Ohio, US
Died	December 20, 2020(2020-12-20) (aged 90) Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences; Japan Foundation Prize 1996

Academic background
Alma mater	Ohio Wesleyan University Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	Talcott Parsons
Academic work
Institutions	Harvard University Yale University
Main interests	East Asian society, politics, and history