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Ho Yow
Ho Yow () served as Chinese consulate general of San Francisco during a part of the San Francisco plague of 1900–1904, San Francisco plague. His service as consulate general lasted from 1887 to 1902. Ho Yow was born in Hong Kong to a wealthy Guangzhou family. After a British education in his hometown, Ho completed his studies in Oxford and Long before returning to Hong Kong to practice law. Early Years Ho was born in Hong Kong to Reverend Ho Fuk-tong, an early Chinese missionary under the London Missionary Society. Sir Kai Ho, Robert Kai Ho, a Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Legislative Councilor and community leader, is his brother. He served as an articled clerk to his another brother Wyson Ho, the first Chinese solicitor in Hong Kong between 1887 and 1897. Ho left Hong Kong to the United States in 1897 along with Ng Choy, his brother-in-law and then the Chinese ambassador to the States. Chinese Consulate General At the age of 28, Ho was appointed as vice consul of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of California cities by population, fourth most populous in California and List of United States cities by population, 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the County statistics of the United States, fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
