Hu Shih
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.
Background
- Born in
- Shanghai
- Educated at
- Columbia UniversityCornell UniversityNational UniversityTeachers College
- Awards
- 🏆 Messenger Lectures
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 John Dewey
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1891
Born
Birth1962
Died
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