P.C. King

P. C. King
Chin Pang-cheng
Born 1886
Died 1946
Nationality  Qing Dynasty
 Republic of China
Alma mater Lehigh University
Cornell University
Known for President of Tsinghua University
China Agricultural University

P. C. King (Chin Pang-cheng) (simplified Chinese: 金邦正; traditional Chinese: 金邦正; pinyin: Jīn Bāng Zhèng 1886–1946) was a Chinese educator who served as president of what is now China Agricultural University from 1917–1920[1] and of Tsinghua University from 1920–1922.[2] He was a founding member of the Science Society of China, a major science organization in the modern history of China initiated by Chinese students at Cornell University in 1914. He went to United States in 1906 to study forest in Lehigh University and Cornell University[3] and graduated from Cornell, with a B.S. in 1913 and a Master's in 1914.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Past presidents of China Agricultural University".
  2. ↑ "Past presidents of Tsinghua University".
  3. ↑ "Profile of P.C. King in Chinese".
  4. ↑ "The Cornell Daily Sun, Volume XLII, Number 57, 26 November 1921".
  5. ↑ "The Cornell Daily Sun, Volume XLII, Number 58, 28 November 1921".


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