Herman Chan-En Liu or Liu Zhan'en (1886 – April 7, 1938) was an educator and civic leader in China.

Early life and education

Liu was born in

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, Hubei. He earned a bachelor's degree at Soochow University in 1918, and a master's degree from the

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. He was awarded a Ph.D. degree with the dissertation "Nonverbal intelligence tests for use in China" at

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Career

Liu returned to China in 1922, and was the national educational secretary for the

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in China. From 1928 to 1938, he was the first Chinese president of

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. He attended international conferences in the United States, Switzerland and Finland, wrote educational pamphlets, and married fellow educator and activist Liu-Wang Liming.

Assassination

After the 1937

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was in a vital position for information sharing. Liu was assassinated by the Japanese on a bus stop in Shanghai on the date of April 7, 1938, after he secretly transferred

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photos.

References

Educators from Hubei 1886 births 1938 deaths Assassinated Chinese people People executed by Japanese occupation forces Chinese Christians Soochow University (Suzhou) alumni Teachers College, Columbia University alumni University of Chicago alumni {{China-academic-bio-stub