External links
- Short biographical sketch on Yale University Website
- Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University
- Obituary of Mansfield Freeman on New York Times
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| Born | September 16, 1895 |
| Died | November 17, 1992 |
| Occupation | Insurance executive |
Mansfield Freeman was born in Waltham, Massachusetts on September 16, 1895, the son of Luther Freeman, a Methodist minister. He was one of the original management group that started an insurance business in China that became the American International Group (AIG). He also was a prominent scholar of Chinese philosophy and a generous philanthropist. He died on November 17, 1992, at his farm in Greensboro, Vermont at the age of 97.
Freeman was also the founder of the Freeman Foundation. [1] He was an alumnus of Wesleyan University in Connecticut, year of 1916. The Freeman Asian Scholarship was established at Wesleyan in his honor. [2] [3] In addition, his endowment established the Freeman Center for East Asian Studies at the university. [4] [5]
Freeman's published works include an introduction to and translation of Preservation of Learning by Yen Yuan, a 17th-century Chinese philosopher. In 1990, he co-authored Tai Chen and Mencius: Explorations in Words and Meaning with Annping Chin, who is now a professor at Yale.
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