Edward Willett Wagner

Edward Willett Wagner (August 7, 1924 - December 7, 2001) was a professor of Korean studies at Harvard University. He was an expert on Korean aristocracy during the Choson dynasty period.

He earned his PhD at Harvard in 1959, and then joined Harvard's faculty, from which he retired in 1993. He was the founder of the Korea Institute at Harvard University in 1981.

Works

 *  The Literati Purges: Political Conflict in Early Yi Korea, 1974-1975