Episode 1408
Wu Lien-teh
Thu, 2021-Mar-11 01:25 UTC
Length - 1:32
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With 551,424 views on Wednesday, 10 March 2021 our article of the day is Wu Lien-teh.
Wu Lien-teh (Chinese: 伍連德; pinyin: Wǔ Liándé; 10 March 1879 – 21 January 1960), (also known as Goh Lean Tuck and Ng Leen Tuck in Minnan and Cantonese transliteration respectively), was a Malayan physician renowned for his work in public health, particularly the Manchurian plague of 1910–11.
Wu was the first medical student of Chinese descent to study at the University of Cambridge. He was also the first Malayan nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, in 1935.
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