Robin David Sebastian Yates (born 30 July 1948) is a Canadian sinologist. Yates earned a PhD at

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and held a James McGill Professorship at

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. Upon retirement, he was granted emeritus status. Yates is a

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. Yates is married to Grace S. Fong.

Selected books

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References

1948 births {{DEFAULTSORT:Yates, Robin D. S. Living people Canadian sinologists Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Academic staff of McGill University