Yung, Wing

Born: 1828 AD
Died: 1912 AD, at 84 years of age.

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Chinese educator in US

1st Chinese citizen to graduate from a US university 1854 (from Yale University)

convinced Chinese government to help send Chinese youths to US for Western education

wrote autobiography "My Life in China and America" 1908

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