Huston Smith

Born

1919-05-31

Died

2016-12-30

Birthplace

Suzhou, China

Biography

Huston Cummings Smith (May 31, 1919 – December 30, 2016) was a Chinese-born American scholar of religious studies. He authored at least thirteen books on world's religions and philosophy, and his book about comparative religion, The World's Religions (originally titled The Religions of Man) sold over three million copies as of 2017.