Wong Fun

Statue portraying Wong Fun, Confucius Institute for Scotland, University of Edinburgh

Dr. Wong Fun (simplified Chinese: 黄宽; traditional Chinese: 黄寬; pinyin: Huang Kuan; 1829–1878) was the first Chinese person to study in Europe. After completing his medical degree at the University of Edinburgh, he returned to China and disseminated what he had learned.

Biography

A native of Hsiang-shan, Canton, he went to the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in 1850 through the financial support of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society and completed his studies in medicine in 1855.[1][2]

Wong stayed in Edinburgh as an intern until 1857, after which he returned to Hong Kong. The next year, he opened a dispensary in Canton working for the London Missionary Society. This brought about a new generation of doctors who saw a wealth of knowledge in Western medicine.[3]

In 2007, Principal Timothy O'Shea of the University of Edinburgh presented Wong Fun's transcripts and exam results to his hometown in China. In return, a bronze statue of Wong Fun was erected at the University of Edinburgh in September of that year.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Huang Kuan (Wong Foon): First Chinese to Study in Europe". Zhuhai Municipal Government. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  2. ↑ Fun, Wong (1855). On functional disorders of the stomach (Thesis). University of Edinburgh.
  3. ↑ Choa, G. H. (1990). "Heal the Sick" was Their Motto: The Protestant Medical Missionaries in China. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-962-201-453-4.
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