Chang Ch'i-yun (29 September 1901 – 26 August 1985) was a

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historian, geographer, educator and politician. He was the founder of the Chinese Culture University and the

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, and served as Minister of Education of the

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from 1954 to 1958. He was a lead editor on the '' Zhongwen Da Cidian''.

Biography

Chang Ch'i-yun graduated from the Division of History and Geography of

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(later renamed National Central University and Nanjing University), where he studied from scholars such as Liu Yizheng, Zhu Kezhen and Liu Boming. After graduating, Chang worked for '' The Commercial Press'' as an editor, and later taught at his alma mater, the National Central University. In 1936, he was transferred to Zhejiang University and taught history and geography, later becoming the university's dean of the Faculty of Arts. In 1943, Chang was invited to give lectures at Harvard University in the U.S. In 1949, Chang escaped to Taiwan, where he became the Secretary-General of the Kuomintang Central Committee, and in 1954, he became the Minister of Education. In 1955, Chang became the first Minister of the

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, a position he held until 1958. In 1962, Chang founded the Far East University, later renamed the Chinese Culture University. Chang died in Taipei in 1985. His son is

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, an educator in Taiwan.

Works

*《清史》 "Qing Shi" History of Qing, 1961.

References

1901 births 1985 deaths Chinese geographers Republic of China historians National Central University alumni Nanjing University alumni Senior Advisors to President Chiang Ching-kuo Taiwanese Ministers of Education Writers from Ningbo Educators from Ningbo Academic staff of Zhejiang University Academic staff of the National Central University Scientists from Ningbo Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan Politicians from Ningbo Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang Taiwanese people from Zhejiang Historians from Zhejiang 20th-century geographers {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub