It's my sad duty to report that Professor John DeFrancis, editor of the ABC dictionary and author of Beginning Chinese Reader, Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy, and many other titles, passed away last Friday at the age of 97:
http://johndefrancis.wordpress.com/
While I never had the pleasure of meeting him, it's been a joy and a privilege to help bring his dictionary to a wider audience through Pleco; his influence in the world of Chinese teaching is incalculable and all of us in this field owe him a very great debt.
http://johndefrancis.wordpress.com/
While I never had the pleasure of meeting him, it's been a joy and a privilege to help bring his dictionary to a wider audience through Pleco; his influence in the world of Chinese teaching is incalculable and all of us in this field owe him a very great debt.