Wu Lien-teh (10 March 1879-21 January 1960), pioneer in modern medical research and administration in China. He gained international recognition for his measures to end the disastrous plague in Manchuria in 1910-11, and he directed the Manchurian Plague Prevention Service from 1912 to 1930. In 1930-37 he headed the National Quarantine Service at Shanghai. The […]
Lin K'o-sheng (15 October 189 7-), known as Robert K. S. Lim, was the eldest son of Lim Boon Keng Lin Wen-ch'ing). A renowned physiologist, he served as professor of physiology at Peking Union Medical College (1924-37), director of the Chinese Red Cross Medical Relief Corps (1937-42) and the emergency medical service training school (1938^2), […]
Ch'en Chia-keng 陳嘉庚 Alt. Tan Kah Kee Ch'en Chia-keng (1874 - 12 August 1961 ) , known as Tan Kah Kee, Singapore rubber and shipping entrepreneur, used his profits to found Amoy University, which he singlehandedly supported for 15 years, and other schools in his native village of Chimei, Fukien. During the Sino- Japanese war, […]
