U Liende ( Chinese trad. 伍連德 , Pinyin : Wu Liándé March 10, 1879, Penang , British Malaya - January 21, 1960) - a Chinese epidemiologist and social activist. The first ethnic Chinese student who graduated from the University of Cambridge . He became the first Malaysian nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine (1935) [2] . Considered as one of the founders of modern Chinese medicine at the beginning of the 20th century, made a great contribution to research in epidemiology and hygiene.
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Biography
Wu Liende was born in Penang , one of three settlement cities in British Malaya (the two remaining were Malacca and Singapore ). Penang, like other territories, formed the British Colonial Empire. His father was an immigrant from Taishan , Guangdong , China. The mother’s family also lived in China, but she represented the second generation of Chinese immigrants in Malaya. The family had four brothers and six sisters. He received his primary education at the Penang Free School.
After winning the Royal Education Competition held in Singapore , he entered Emmanuel College in Cambridge in 1896 [3] . He became the first ethnic Chinese student of Cambridge. During the period of study, he showed himself to be a talented student, took part and won all possible competitions at the time of study. After graduation, he practiced at St. Mary’s Hospital (London) . In 1903, Wu Liende returned to the settlement after graduation. In September 1903 he was admitted to the Kuala Lumpur Medical Research Institute, becoming the first research student. However, there was no work for him in his specialty. This was due to the fact that in a two-tier medical system organized in the British colonies, only British could hold senior medical posts. During this period, Wu Liende devotes to the study of beriberi and nematodes . In 1904 he began his own private practice in Penang .
He takes part in public activities, in particular, with his participation the Anti-Opium Association in Penang was created . [4] The attention of the researcher has attracted trade and distribution in the region of opium .
Received fame for studies of the spread of the plague in the years 1910-1911. in the Far East .
Notes
- ↑ Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
- ↑ Wu, Lien-Teh The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-1953 .
- ↑ Tuck, Gnoh Lean (Wu Lien-Teh) in Venn, J. & JA, Alumni Cantabrigienses , Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922-1958.
- ↑ Francis Cooray & Khoo Salma Nasution, Redoutable Rerformer: The Cheang Lim . Areca Books, 2015. ISBN 9789675719202