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Hu Shih

Chinese scholar, writer and philosopher (1891-1962) · China · Academics · Died at 70

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Hu Shih was a Chinese academic, writer, diplomat, and politician. Hu contributed to Chinese liberalism and language reform, and was a leading advocate for the use of written vernacular Chinese. He participated in the May Fourth Movement and China's New Culture Movement.

A life in dates

1962Died24 February 19621959Honorary Doctor of the University of HawaiiAward1945Messenger LecturesAward1943Honorary Doctor of the Bucknell UniversityAward1942Honorary Doctor of the Denison UniversityAwardHonorary Doctor of the Oberlin CollegeAwardHonorary Doctor of the University of ToledoAward1941Honorary Doctor of the Dickinson CollegeAwardHonorary Doctor of the University of California, BerkeleyAwardHonorary doctorate from University of TorontoAward1940Honorary Doctor of the Bryn Mawr CollegeAwardHonorary Doctor of the Union CollegeAwardHonorary Doctor of Yale UniversityAward1939Honorary Doctor of the University of ChicagoAward1935Honorary Doctor of the University of Hong KongAward1891Born17 December 1891

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Hu reviews U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps units during a China Day celebration at the 1939 New York World's Fair, October 10, 1939Hu reviews U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps units during a China Day celebration at the 1939 New York World's Fair, October 10, 1939Hu Shih Hall at Cornell UniversityHu Shih Hall at Cornell UniversityHu Shih as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese DignitariesHu Shih as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese DignitariesHu Shih (left) and Chiang Kai-shek at Academia Sinica, Taipei, April 1958Hu Shih (left) and Chiang Kai-shek at Academia Sinica, Taipei, April 1958

Awards

Honorary Doctor of the University of Hawaii1959
Honorary Doctor of the Claremont Graduate University1950
Honorary Doctor of the Colgate University1949
Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford1945
Messenger Lectures1945
Honorary Doctor of the Bucknell University1943
Honorary Doctor of the Dartmouth College1942
Honorary Doctor of the Denison University1942
Honorary Doctor of State University of New York1942
Honorary Doctor of the Ohio State University1942
Honorary Doctor of the University of Rochester1942
Honorary Doctor of the Oberlin College1942
Honorary Doctor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison1942
Honorary Doctor of the University of Toledo1942
Honorary Doctor of the Northeastern University1942
Honorary Doctorate from Princeton University1942
Honorary Doctor of the University of California, Berkeley1941
Honorary Doctor of the University of Vermont1941
Honorary Doctorate from the McGill University1941
Honorary Doctor of the Lake Forest College1941
Honorary Doctor of the Dickinson College1941
Honorary Doctor of the Middlebury College1941
Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto1941
Honorary Doctor of the Wesleyan University1940
Honorary Doctor of the Duke University1940
Honorary Doctor of the Bryn Mawr College1940
Honorary Doctor of the University of Pennsylvania1940
Honorary Doctor of the Clark University1940
Honorary Doctorate from Brown University1940
Honorary Doctor of Yale University1940
Honorary Doctor of the Union College1940
Honorary Doctorate from Columbia University1939
Honorary Doctor of the University of Chicago1939
Honorary Doctor of Harvard University1936
Honorary Doctor of the University of Southern California1936
Honorary Doctor of the University of Hong Kong1935

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Hu Shih was a Chinese academic, writer, diplomat, and politician. Hu contributed to Chinese liberalism and language reform, and was a leading advocate for the use of written vernacular Chinese. He participated in the May Fourth Movement and China's New Culture Movement. He was a president of Peking University and Academia Sinica.

Country
China
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1891 to 1962 · aged 70

In common with Hu

Arthur EddingtonBoth received Messenger LecturesBronisław MalinowskiBoth received Messenger LecturesMartha NussbaumBoth received Honorary Doctor of the Bucknell UniversityDeirdre McCloskeyBoth received Honorary Doctor of the Denison UniversityReinhard ZimmermannBoth received Honorary Doctor of the University of California, Berkeley

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