Albert M. Craig

Albert Morton Craig, (born 1927) was the Harvard-Yenching Research Professor of Japanese History at Harvard University who specialized in Meiji Era intellectual history and social and economic history. Currently, he is an Emeritus Professor at Harvard, where he has been teaching since 1959. He is considered one of the pioneers of Modern Japanese historical studies and mentored a number of the prominent professors working in the field today.

He also is very athletic, having achieved a world record for his age group, in the 200 meter breaststroke.

Interest in Japan

Craig's interest in Japan began after the Second World War when he was stationed in Kyoto in 1947 while serving in the United States Army.In 1988, the Japanese government awarded him the Order of the Rising Sun.His wife is Japanese.

Education

*B.A. Philosophy (1949) - Northwestern University
*Ph.D. History (1959) - Harvard University

Books

*"Chōshū in the Meiji Restoration" (1961)
*"Personality in Japanese History" (co-edited with Donald H. Shively, 1971)
*"The Heritage of Japanese Civilization" ISBN 0-13-576612-5
*"The Heritage of Chinese Civilization" 1st Ed.(2001) 2nd Ed.(2007) ISBN 0-13-134610-5

tudents

*Gail Lee Bernstein (University of Arizona)
*Mary Elizabeth Berry (University of California Berkeley)
*Kerry Brown (Brown University)
*John W. Dower (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
*Steven J. Ericson (Dartmouth College)
*Harald Fuess (Sophia University, Tokyo)
*Timothy S. George (University of Rhode Island)
*Kyu Hyun Kim (University of California Davis)
*Barbara Molony (Santa Clara University)
*Kate Wildman Nakai (Sophia University, Tokyo)
*Patricia Sippel (Toyo Eiwa Women's University, Tokyo)
*See Heng Teow (National University of Singapore)