Yenching University

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Yenching University
燕京大學
Hanyu Pinyin
Yānjīng Dàxué
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Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYingīng Daaihhohk or
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Yenching University campus

Yenching University (Chinese: 燕京大學; pinyin: Yānjīng Dàxué) was a private research university in Beijing, China, from 1919 to 1952.

The university was formed out of the merger of four Christian colleges between the years 1915 and 1920.

Warring States
that existed until the 3rd century BC.

History

Yenching University was formed through the merger of four Christian schools over the course of five years, from 1915 to 1920:[1]

  • Hweiwen University (匯文大學), also known as the Methodist Peking University, founded in 1890 by the Methodist Episcopal Church. This should not be confused with the National Peking University founded eight years later in 1898. Huiwen's precursor (崇內懷理書院) was founded in 1870. Hiram Harrison Lowry was its principal.
  • North China Union College in
    Congregational Church
    . Devello Z. Sheffield was the school's principal.
  • North China Union Women's College (華北協和女子大學). Its precursor, Bridgman Academy (贝满女塾), was founded in 1864 Eliza J. Bridgman. It would be renamed the North China Union Women's College in 1907, with Luella Miner as its first president. When it joined Yenching University in 1920, it bore the name College of Arts and Sciences for Women of Peking University.[2]
  • The school of theology was itself a union of the theological seminary of North China Education Union and two Methodist theological schools in Beijing.
John Leighton Stuart, first principal of the university

Qing Dynasty
prince to build a scenic campus and employed gardeners from the Imperial gardens. In 1926 the campus was completed. Theology, Law, and Medical were the main schools of the university, together with Arts and Science studies.

Stuart determined to create a university that served the Chinese nation. He attracted major Chinese and Western scholars to teach. Religion was not a qualification, although Stuart gave major support to the School of Theology. Among the first was

Harvard-Yenching Institute was jointly founded by Yenching University and Harvard University for the teaching of the humanities and social sciences in East Asia
. Under Hung, the university's reputation for Chinese studies rose steadily, especially with the publication of the Harvard-Yenching Sinological Index Series. By 1930, the school was among the top universities in China, its teaching distinguished itself by a considerable academic freedom.

During the

Haidian District
.

Scholars

Among the scholars who taught at Yenching University were:

Alumni

Prominent alumni include:

See also

Notes

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  2. ISBN 978-90-04-28524-8
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  3. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2015-10-15. He appeared to be coping well with his confinement and was upbeat, suggesting in an interview that his prison cell was better appointed than his room at Yenching University in Peking.

References

External links
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