George H. (George Henry) Danton

Born in New York in 1880 and later dying in Alameda, California, in 1962, George H. Danton was an American scholar, teacher, and author whose work connected literary study with international cultural history. Library and authority records identify him as George Henry Danton, and bibliographic listings show a career that produced books and studies over several decades.

His writing ranged widely. Early in his career he published work on German literature, including Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery, and later wrote Germany Ten Years After. He is also closely associated with studies of China, including The Culture Contacts of the United States and China and The Chinese People, books that suggest a strong interest in how nations understand one another through education, history, and lived experience.

Some sources also describe him as a professor of German at Qinghua College in Beijing, which helps explain the depth of his engagement with Chinese topics. Taken together, his books present him as a thoughtful interpreter of cultures in conversation rather than isolation.