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By Edward Wong / The Bulletin
January 20, 2009
John DeFrancis, one of the most influential scholars and teachers of the Chinese language in the last century, died Jan. 2 in Hawaii. He was 97.
DeFrancis died in a hospital after falling ill in late December, according to an official Web site memorial dedicated to him.
Few scholars of Chinese....