Awards & Winners

William Woodville Rockhill

Date of Birth 01-May-1854
Place of Birth Philadelphia
(Pennsylvania, United States of America, Area code 215, Area code 267, Area codes 215 and 267)
Nationality
Also know as W. Rockhill
William Woodville Rockhill was a United States diplomat, best known as the author of the U.S.'s Open Door Policy for China and as the first American to learn to speak Tibetan and therefore as the father of modern U.S. Tibetan Studies.

Awards by William Woodville Rockhill

Check all the awards nominated and won by William Woodville Rockhill.

1893


Patron's Gold Medal
(For his travels and explorations in Western China and Tibet)