Cha Liang-chao (; 1897 – 12 December 1982) was an educator and philanthropist of the

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Life

Cha was born in 1897 in

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but his family roots were from

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. He was a paternal cousin of the

wuxia ( ), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fiction, its popularity has caused it to be adapted f ...

novelist Louis Cha, who is better known as

Jin Yong Louis Cha Leung-yung (; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (), pronounced "Gum Yoong" in Cantonese, was a Chinese wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") novelist and essayist who co-founded the Hong Kong dai ...

. Cha graduated from Nankai Middle School in 1913 and from

Tsinghua College Tsinghua University (; abbr. THU) is a national public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is a member of the C9 League, Double First Class University Plan, Project 98 ...

in 1917. He taught at Tsinghua Middle School from 1917 to 1918. Cha went to the United States in August 1918 and attended

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and the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

. He lectured for the Chautauqua Association, Swarthmore, Pa. on Chinese subjects in the summer of 1920. He attended Teachers' College,

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from 1920 to 1922, and received a

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from Columbia University in June 1921 after doing research work in the Department of Educational Administration. Cha was also the chairman of the executive committee of the Chinese Students' Committee on the Washington Conference. Cha returned to China in July 1922 and became a Professor of Education in Peking Teachers College (now

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) in August 1922. He was elected by the Faculty Council as the Acting Dean of Studies in May 1923; Lecturer in the Summer School of

Nankai University Nankai University (NKU or Nankai; ) is a national public research university located in Tianjin, China. It is a prestigious Chinese state Class A Double First Class University approved by the central government of China, and a member of th ...

in 1923; and Director of the Institute for the Application of Scientific Measurement on Education, under the auspices of the National Association for the Advancement of Education in August 1923. In January 1924, Cha was appointed by President Fan Yuan-Lien as Professor of Education and Dean of Studies. He authored the "Survey Educational Tests" published by the

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in 1928.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cha, Liang-chao 1897 births 1982 deaths Educators from Tianjin Tsinghua University alumni Grinnell College alumni University of Chicago alumni Academic staff of Beijing Normal University Academic staff of Nankai University Academic staff of the National Taiwan University Teachers College, Columbia University alumni Chinese expatriates in the United States Taiwanese people from Tianjin Academic staff of the National Southwestern Associated University