Henry Halsey Noyes
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'''Henry Halsey Noyes''' ([[1910]] - [[June 22]], [[2005]]) was an [[United States|American]] writer, publisher, teacher, and distributor of [[China|Chinese]] books and magazines.
Born in [[Guangzhou]], [[China]], he was the son of [[Presbyterian]] [[missionaries]] William D. Noyes and Mary Stevenson. His mother was cousin to American stateman [[Adlai Stevenson]].
The family relocated to [[Canada]] in [[1919]]. Henry earned an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in [[English literature]] at the [[University of Toronto]] ([[1936]]) and a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] at the [[University of London]] in the same subject in [[1938]]).
In [[1960]], he founded [[China Books and Periodicals, Inc.]], in [[Chicago]]. The business later relocated to [[San Francisco]] and became America's largest distributor of printed materials from the [[People's Republic of China]].
He was the author of several books, including:
*{{cite book | author=Noyes, Henry | title=Hand over Fist | location=Boston | publisher=South End Press | year=1980 | id=ISBN 0-89608-026-9}}
*{{cite book | author=Noyes, Henry | title=China born: memories of a Westerner | location=London | publisher=Peter Owen | year=1989 | id=ISBN 0-7206-0748-5}}
*{{cite book | author=Noyes, Henry | title=China born: memories of a Maverick Bookman | location=San Francisco | publisher=China Books & Periodicals | year=1989 | id=ISBN 0-8351-2198-4}}
*{{cite book | author=Noyes, Henry | title=Valley of the Sun: Selected Poems | publisher=New Earth Publications | year=1993 | id=ISBN 0-915117-13-4}}
==References==
*''San Francisco Chronicle''. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/08/BAGHJDKP001.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea Henry Halsey Noyes—distributor of Chinese books]. Retrieved January 3, 2006. (Obituary.)
*''PRWeb''. [http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/7/prweb260719.php Henry Halsey Noyes, Founder of China Books & Periodicals, Dies at 94]. Retrieved January 3, 2006. (Obituary.)
*''Publisher's Weekly''. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleId=CA334957&display=searchResults&text=china China Takes Over China Books: The Longer Story]. Retrieved January 3, 2006. (This article is about the sale of Noyes's business to a Chinese company.)
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