Scholar at Age of 72
Peking, Apr. 30.
Mr, Ku Hung-ming, a noted Chinese scholar, died of pneumonia at pam, to-day at his residence in Peking at the age of 72.
"The late Mr. Ku was a native of Fukien. He served for 17 years a5 secretary to Viceroy Chang Chih-tang, Wuchang, and for five years as, managing director of the Whangpoo Conservancy—Bostrd, Shanghai, He held the post of Dean of the Nanyang College, Shanghai, for eight months. Amonz works are "The Story of a Chinese Oxford Movement" and "Translations of Discourses and Sayings of Confucius."—Toho.
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