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sung, far t.-born in hsinghua, fukien, 1883. married, 1907. studied at anglo-chinese school, hsinghua, 1896-1900. arrived in america, august, 1900. private support. studied science at ohio wesleyan

university, 1900-5; at the university of chicago, 1905-7. b.sc., ohio wesleyan, 1905; b. sc., chicago, 1907; m. s., ohio wesleyan, 1906. returned to china, august, 1907. teacher, fukien provincial college, 1907. professor of chemistry, government university, peking, 1908-12. technical expert, ministry of finance, 1913. co-director, assaying office, ministry of finance, 1912-13. director, soochow mint and co-director, bureau of engineering, 1914. inspector-general of mints, ministry of fin-ance, 1914-16. adviser to the tuchun of kiangsu, 1915-16. director, nan-king mint, 1917. third class wen hu and third class chia ho decorations.