the princeton alumni weekly (july 15, 2009 - volume 109, number 16) featured a short article by stephen dittmann about richard b. mather that mentions professor mather's final book ("william arnot mather, american missionary to china and richard burroughs mather, professor of chinese") and provides several paragraphs of biographical information on professor mather. professor mather was a princeton graduate of 1935. a memorial to richard b. mather was also published in the princeton alumni weekly (december 2, 2015 - volume 116, number 5) that provides a black & white graduation picture and a brief biography.