Theodore T. Wong

Theodore Ting Wong (June 26, 1876 – January 29, 1919) a.k.a. Huang Ding , courtesy name Zuoting or Tso-tsing, was a Chinese translator and scholar.

Theodore Wong's father, Kong Chai Wong , originated from Xiamen, Fujian, while Theodore Wong himself was born in Shanghai; Kong Chai began living in Shanghai in 1845. He attended St. John's College in Shanghai, then Episcopal High School in 1892–1894, and then University of Virginia in 1894–1896 as the first Chinese student. He did not receive a degree from UVA; at the time the majority of students studied to get certifications instead of bachelor's degrees. He returned to China in January 1897 and began teaching courses at St. John's. He and Yan Huiqing (W. W. Yen) cofounded the Shanghai YMCA. Theodore Wong married Julia Sih (Xue Pa, ) in 1898. They had four children who survived to adulthood, all female, while one daughter and two sons died before adulthood.

Due to preservatives, his body was taken back to China on February 14, 1920; an open-casket funeral was held on March 7 of that year at Church of Our Savior in Shanghai.