Chen Chi-lu (Chinese: 陳奇祿; pinyin: Chén Qílù; 27 April 1923 – 6 October 2014) was a Taiwanese politician, historian and anthropologist.
Chen moved with his parents when he was still a child to China, then Japan, where he attended First Senior High School in Tokyo.
[1] Upon graduation from Shanghai, Chen returned to Taiwan and worked for Public Opinion Daily (Chinese: 台灣公論報) as an editor.
Subsequently, Chen began teaching anthropology at National Taiwan University (NTU).
He earned his doctoral degree in sociology from University of Tokyo in Japan in 1966, after which he became a professor of anthropology at NTU.