V. K. Ting Succumbs to Effects of Coal-gas Poisoning: His Distinguished Career Changsha, Jan. 5.
A visit ta coal mine in Hunan last month has robbed China of her foremost geologist, Dr. V. K. Ting] (Ting Wen-chiang}, who succumbed to-day to coal-gas poisoning contract ted at the time, Dr. Ting, who was 48 years of age, was born at Talhsing, Kiangsu. He studied in Shanghai and Peiping before going to England, where he attended Cambridge University and, later, graduated.trom the University of Glasgow, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He engaged in post-graduate research work at Frelburg University, Germany, where he eeeived the degree of Doctor of Science, In 1613 Dr. Ting was appointed Director of the Bureau of Geological Survey of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, and held this position until, 1921, He was managing director of the Peipiag Coal Mining Ca, of Tientsin from 1932 to 1925; Chitiese member of the British Boxer todemnity Advisory Committee in 1924; and Soclate director of the Shanghai and Woosting Port Administration—in 1920, In 1925 he was appointed a member of the board of trustees of the China Foundation for the Pra-motion of Education and Cullur Dr. Ting was the author of various books on geology, among them "Fifty Years of Mining in China" "Geology of the Yangtze Delta."—Reuter.
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