Kwong Pin Kong | 1936 CEM Reunion, LaFargue Collection | Kuang Bingguang 邝炳光 | Kwang Cinq Kwong Kwong Cinq Kwong Kwong Ping Kong Kwong Ping Kwang1 | 邝元亮 | 4 | 93 | 1863 | Xinning, Guangdong Province; Taishan County2 | 13 (Lunar Calendar) | | Shanghai | (1) Columbia, CT; (2) Holyoke, MA. | (1) Miss E.C. Williams; (2) N.L. Dickerman | Holyoke High School, Holyoke, MA 1878?-18813 | | Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science (now Worcester Polytechnic Institute), MA4 | | "M.Sc. degree in 2nd year of Hsun Tung Examination"5 | Torpedo section of Taku Forts | First mate (torpedoes) 鱼雷大副 on cruiser Chai Yuen 济运 6; commanded gunboat Gin Ou; Worked for Hanyan Ironworks, the Peking-Mukden Railway, Salt Distribution Dept., many mining enterprises in Zhili, Shandong and Hubei. | Navy/Railway/Mining | | | | | First cousin of Kwong Young Kong (Kuang Rongguang 邝荣光 I, 8) and Kwong Kwok Kong (Kuang Guoguang 邝国光 IV, 92). A daughter married a son of Sue Yi Chew (Su Ruizhao 苏锐钊 II, 35).7 | | Maternal grand-daughter: Louise Su Tang. | Wrote The Metallurgy of Gold and Silver in China. | 1. As signed by Kwong in the 1877-1881 autograph album of his Holyoke H.S. schoolmate, Wilfred Maro Wharfield (http://heirloomsreunited.blogspot.ca/2014/03/1877-1881-autograph-album-of-wilfred.html). 2. Won Bing Chung (Wen Bingzhong 温秉忠 II, 36), CEM List, 1924. 3. Rhoads (2011), p. 98, Table 7.2. 4. Rhoads (2011), p. 100, Table 7.3. 5. Yung Shang Him (10/1939), 254; Yung Shang Him (1939), 30; refers to 2nd year of Emperor Xuan Tong 宣统, shortly prior to whose reign (1909-12) the traditional civil service examination system had been replaced by a modern one. 6. 北洋水师 "The Imperial Chinese Navy" website <http://www.beiyang.org/bybq/jy.htm> (13.11.2009) 7. Information courtesy Louise Su Tang (email 6 April 2008). | |
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