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Gift of Mrs. Carolyn Ellis, 1984.132.2, the Connecticut Historical Society
Tun Yen Liang
Gift of Mrs. Carolyn Ellis, 1984.132.2, the Connecticut Historical Society

Tun Yen Liang

1858 - 1924
BiographyTun Yen Liang studied in Connecticut as a student with the Chinese Education Mission in Hartford in the 1870s to 1880s. He studied in school with Martin Welles, both in Hartford High School and at Yale University.

Tun Yen was Chinese diplomat, serving as Minister of the United States in 1907, and both Vice-President and President of the Foreign Office in Peking. Liang was also an advocate for Chinese education in American institutions.

He sent his son, Liang Che Chang to be educated in America about 1913-1915.
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