Francis Woodman Cleaves
American sinologist, linguist and historian (1911–1995) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francis Woodman Cleaves (born in Boston in 1911 and died in New Hampshire on December 31, 1995[citation needed]) was a sinologist, linguist, and historian who taught at Harvard University, and was the founder of Sino-Mongolian studies in America.[1] He is well known for his translation of The Secret History of the Mongols.