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Connecticut Historical Society collections, 2000.189.8, the Connecticut Historical Society
Woo Yang Tsang
Connecticut Historical Society collections, 2000.189.8, the Connecticut Historical Society

Woo Yang Tsang

Chinese, 1862 - 1939
BiographyWoo Yang Tsang was born in 1862 in Sihui 四会, Guangdong Province. He was a student of the Chinese Educational Mission, and attended both West Middle Public School and Hartford Public High School. Woo was hosted by the Bartlett family of Hartford, Connecticut.

After his studies in the United States, Woo studied at the Royal School of Mines in London, England, and later served as Chief Engineer of silver mines in Rehe Province.

In 1910, Woo received a Doctorate of Engineering from the Tangshan Mining School in northern China, and served in a number of capacities in the engineering and chemistry trades.

Woo Yang Tsang died on November 17, 1939 in Tianjin (Tientsin), China.
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