The University of Nanking, known in Chinese as Jinling University (金陵大学, Jinling being the ancient name of Nanking) was a private

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Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

, China sponsored by American churches. Founded in 1888, it effectively become defunct in 1952 following the

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by the newly born

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History

The Nanking University (汇文书院, Huiwen Shuyuan) was founded in 1888 by C.H. Fowler. Initially there were three faculties: liberal arts, divinity and medicine. In 1910, The Nanking University merged The Union Christian College (宏育书院, Hongyu Shuyuan, formed in 1900 by the merger of The Christian College (基督书院, Jidu Shuyuan, founded in 1891) and The Presbyterian College (益智书院, Yizhi Shuyuan, founded in 1894)) and changed the name to Private University of Nanking (), and was registered with the

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Education Department. It is the first educational institution in China officially named "university" in English. In 1951,

Ginling College Ginling College (), also known by its pinyin romanization as Jinling College or Jinling Women's College, is a women's college of Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China. It offers both bachelor's and master's degrees. It offers six underg ...

(former Ginling Women University established in 1913) merged into University of Nanking. In 1952, University of Nanking was merged with

Nanjing University Nanjing University (NJU; ) is a national public research university in Nanjing, Jiangsu. It is a member of C9 League and a Class A Double First Class University designated by the Chinese central government. NJU has two main campuses: the Xian ...

().

Presidents

John Calvin Ferguson John Calvin Ferguson (; 1866–1945) was an American scholar of Chinese art, collector and procurer for American art museums, and a Chinese governmental adviser. Ferguson was the son of John Ferguson and Catherine Matilda Pomeroy (Ferguson). Hi ...

* G.A. Stuart () * Arthur J. Bowen () * Chen Yuguang () * Fangxun Li (; Fang-Hsuin Lee)

Notable alumni

* Ching Chun Li, geneticist, Chairman of American Society of Human Genetics. *

Choh Hao Li Choh Hao Li (sometimes ''Cho Hao Li'') (; April 21, 1913 – November 28, 1987) was a Chinese-born American biochemist who discovered, in 1966, that human pituitary growth hormone (somatotropin) consists of a chain of 256 amino acids. In 1970 he ...

, biologist, biochemist. His achievements include isolating and synthesizing the human pituitary

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. He received many honors including

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. * Choh-Ming Li, educationist, economist. * Francois Cheng, writer, poet. A "Bridge Between Eastern and Western Culture". * T. C. Tso, agriculturalist, tobacco scientist. * Te-Tzu Chang, agriculturalist. Member of Academia Sinica. He receives Tyler Prize in 1999. * Thome H. Fang, philosopher. * W. B. Pettus, educator. * Wang Yinglai, biochemist who achieved the synthesis of insulin *

Wu Teh Yao Wu Teh Yao (, 1915–17 April 1994) was a Chinese political scientist. He was an educator and a specialist in Confucianism and political science. Education Wu completed his senior school certificate at the Anglo-Chinese School in Penang at the a ...

, educationist, politics scholar. *

Zhang Zhiwen Zhang may refer to: Chinese culture, etc. * Zhang (surname) (張/张), common Chinese surname ** Zhang (surname 章), a rarer Chinese surname * Zhang County (漳县), of Dingxi, Gansu * Zhang River (漳河), a river flowing mainly in Henan * ''Zha ...

, agriculturist, Vice Director General of

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Notable faculty

* Zou Bingwen, agriculturist, the Vice Chairman of Organising Committee of

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. *

Albin Bro Albin Carl Bro (1893–1956) was a Christian missionary and educator, United States diplomat, and the fifth president of Shimer College. Early life and education Bro was born in Prentice, Wisconsin, on September 4, 1893. In 1917, he graduated a ...

, fourth president of

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. *

John Lossing Buck John Lossing Buck (27 November 189027 September 1975,See the photo of Find a Grave Memorial no. 28263596, citing Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York, USA adopted the Chinese name ) was an American agricultural e ...

, agricultural economist *

Pearl S. Buck Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) was an American writer and novelist. She is best known for ''The Good Earth'' a bestselling novel in the United States in 1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, Pulitze ...

, writer. *

Charles W. Woodworth Charles William Woodworth (April 28, 1865 – November 19, 1940) was an American entomologist. He published extensively in entomology and founded the Entomology Department at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the first person to breed ...

, Professor Emeritus and founder of the Entomology Division U.C. Berkeley (1891-1930) was a lecturer in Entomology during his sabbatical in 1918. He was there then again between 1921-4. (See the C. W. Woodworth Award.)

References

External links

University of Nanking 金陵大學
{{authority control Universities and colleges in Nanjing 1888 establishments in China Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Jiangsu