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He's mentioned in official Hong Kong Government sources as Ng Choy. I would say the English name he actually used was Ng Choy. Wu Tingfang is merely a Mandarin-based transcription of his Chinese name that he might not have used during his life. — Insta ntnood 04:21, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wu Tingfang is the name used on the 1914 English-language book he wrote, according to this library catalog entry - no mention there of any other name on the volume. CDC (talk) 22:43, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

... the Gutenberg Project text of which is linked from the article, of course... forgot about that. I don't claim to be an expert on the man, but I think it's clear that this was the name he used when writing in English. CDC (talk) 22:49, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not quite likely he would have used Wu Tingfang himself when he wrote. In his time Pinyin was not yet invented. Library catalogues recently tend to Pinyin to sort names of Chinese people, and many publishers use Pinyin when they re-publish their works. — Insta ntnood 22:25, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's really very simple. He was born and raised Cantonese and spent most of his life in Hong Kong (Cantonese speaking), so his name is Ng Choy. In 1883, he took a major leap across the border where he will have had to use and been known by a Mandarin (Putonghua) name, hence Wu Tingfang. Whether he actually wrote it in English script rather than Chinese characters is neither here nor there; the point is that in his latter (and most illustrious, some way may say) life, he will have been known as "Wu Tingfang", not "Ng Choy". Ng and Wu are the same family name when written in Chinese, just pronounced in the fashion of two different Chinese dialects. Sirlanz 14:19, 30 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirlanz (talk • contribs)

Early life?

This article, while interesting as far as it goes, only begins with his (western) university education. Is there any information about his family or early life? Or even an explanation of why we don't have that? Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 11:17, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've added significantly to this aspect. Hope readers find it useful. Sirlanz 14:13, 30 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirlanz (talk • contribs)

Death

Something is wrong in ths section. "He died a few days later on 23 June 1922 from pneumonia." - a few days after the event happened during midwinter cannot be 23 June.