Mark Edward Lewis is an American historian of ancient China. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

 and studied Chinese at the International Chinese Language Program (ICLP)

International Chinese Language Program

The International Chinese Language Program is one of the world's premier institutions for intensive training in formal Mandarin, Taiwanese, Classical Chinese, and other Chinese languages...

. Since 2002 he has been Kwoh-Ting Li

Kwoh-Ting Li

Kwoh-Ting Li was a Chinese economist and politician best known as the "Father of Taiwan's Economic Miracle" for his work in transforming Taiwan's economy from an agrarian-based system into one of the world's leading producers of information and telecommunications technology...

 Professor in Chinese Culture at Stanford University

Stanford University

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. Previously he was a Reader at the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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. He is the author of a number of books on ancient China.