Hu Shih
Philosopher, Author
1891 – 1962
Who was Hu Shih?
Hu Shih, was a Chinese philosopher, essayist and diplomat. Hu is widely recognized today as a key contributor to Chinese liberalism and language reform in his advocacy for the use of written vernacular Chinese. He was influential in the May Fourth Movement, one of the leaders of China's New Culture Movement, was a president of Peking University, and in 1939 was nominated for a Nobel Prize in literature. He had a wide range of interests such as literature, history, textual criticism, and pedagogy. He was also an influential redology scholar and held the famous Jiaxu manuscript for many years until his death.
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- Born
- Dec 17, 1891
Shanghai - Also known as
- 胡适之
- Shih Hu
- Parents
- Spouses
- Chiang Tung-hsiu
(1917/12 - )
- Chiang Tung-hsiu
- Nationality
- China
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
Philosophy - Undergraduate degree, Cornell University
(1910 - )
- Columbia University
- Employment
- Peking University
- Died
- Feb 24, 1962
Taipei
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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