CEM Connections - Woo King Yung

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Woo King Yung
LaFargue Collection
Pinyin & Chinese characters	Wu Jingrong 吴敬荣
Variant Spellings & Other Names	King Yung Woo Yung Woo King Wu Ching-jung¹
Other Chinese Name(s)	Wu Jinchen 吴荩臣
Detachment	3
LaFargue No.	68
Date of Birth	1864
Place of Birth	Xiuning, Anhui
Age at Departure for US	11 (Lunar Calendar)
Date of Death
Place of Death	Tianjin
Place(s) of Residence in US	(1) Lee, MA; (2) Hartford, CT.
American Host Family/ies	(1) Alexander & Cornelia (Hull) Hyde, Lee, MA: (2) James R. & Cornelia J. Stevens, Hartford, CT.
School(s), with dates	West Middle Public School, Hartford, CT, ?-1879; Hartford Public High School, Hartford, CT, 1879-1881.
Notable Activities/Awards in School
College/University, with dates	Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, NY²
Notable Activities/Awards in College
Degree/Diploma Obtained (date)
First Assignment in China	Assigned to Tianjin Naval School
Later Positions	Naval Officer: Captain of the Bao Bi 宝璧³ and of the cruiser "Kuang Chia" (Guangjia) 广甲; participated in the Battle of the Yalu River, 17 September 1894⁴ Later, Advisor to President Li Yuan Hung (Li Yuanhong) 黎元洪.⁵
Employment Sector(s)	Navy
Final Rank, if in Gov't Service
Father's Name	Wu Zilin 吴子麟 lived in Shanghai.
Mother's Name
Wife/wives
Family Relations w/ other CEM Students
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Notes and Sources	1. Wright (2000), 87. 2. Robyn (1996), 157; Qian & Hu (2003), 108; Qian & Hu (2004), 116. (Not found in Rhoads (2011).) 3. Shi (2000), 202. (Not found in Wright (2000).) 4. Built at Fuzhou, the Kuang Chia was launched Aug 1887. “Kuang Chia…left early in the action, in due course to run aground just east of Talien Bay, where she was later destroyed by the Japanese in a mopping-up operation.” Wright (2000), 69; 91. 5. Yung Shang Him (1939), 28. Li Yuanhong was twice President of the Republic of China, 1916-1917 and 1922-1923. During the Battle of the Yalu River, Li Yuanhong served as chief engineer aboard the Kuang Chia. Wright (2000), 128.