Jiang Menglin
Jiang Menglin | |
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| Born | 20 January 1886 |
| Died | 19 June 1964 (aged 78) |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
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Jiang Menglin (Traditional/Simplified Chinese: 蔣夢麟/蒋梦麟; 1886-1964, aka Chiang Monlin), was a notable Chinese educator, writer, and paramount politician. Between 1919 and 1927, he also served as the President of Peking University. He later became the president of National Chekiang University.
Biography
Jiang was born in Yuyao, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on 20 Jan 1886. Jiang studied at Zhejiang Advanced College (Traditional/Simplified Chinese: 浙江高等學堂/浙江高等学堂; current Zhejiang University) in Hangzhou in 1903. In 1908,he went to America and studied at University of California, Berkeley.At first,he majored in agriculture ,and then he turned to pedagogy.[1] Jiang obtained his Ph.D. from Columbia University, United States, under John Dewey's guidance.
Political career
Jiang served as the Minister of Education of the Republic of China from 1928-1930.
Jiang was the General Secretary of Executive Yuan of the Republic of China from 1945-1947.
He was also the Chairman of the Sino-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction in the late 1940s and 1950s.
See also
References
Monlin Chiang, Tides from the West: A Chinese Autobiography （Chinese:《西潮：蒋梦麟回忆录》）(New Haven: Yale University Press, 1945).
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