About Jiang Menglin
Lived 1886 – 1964 (aged 78). Jiang Menglin was a Chinese academic administrator and politician.
Jiang Menglin (; 20 January 1886 – 19 June 1964), also known as Chiang Monlin, was a Chinese educator, writer, and politician. Between 1919 and 1927, he also served as the President of Peking University. He later became the president of National Chekiang University. In the early 1950s, he was head of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction in Taiwan.
Biography Jiang was born in Yuyao, Ningbo, Zhejiang on 20 January 1886. He studied at Zhejiang Advanced College (浙江高等学堂; now Zhejiang University) in Hangzhou in 1903. In 1908, he went to the United States and studied at the University of California, Berkeley. At first, he majored in agriculture, and then he turned to pedagogy. Jiang obtained his Ph.D. from Columbia University under John Dewey's guidance.
Jiang served as the Minister of Education of the Republic of China from 1928-1930. He was the General secretary of the Executive Yuan from 1945 to 1947.
Jiang was also the Chairman of the Sino-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction from 1948 and into the 1950s. He moved to Taiwan in early 1949. In August 1958, he became director of the Shihmen Reservoir Development Commission.
Jiang died in Taipei on 19 June 1964.
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Who was Jiang Menglin?
Chinese academic (1886-1964)
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Jiang Menglin was born on 20 January 1886 in Yuyao City.
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Jiang Menglin died on 19 June 1964 in Taipei.
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Jiang Menglin was an academic administrator and politician.
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Jiang Menglin was Chinese.
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