王宠惠

Wang, Chung-Hui.-Born in Kwangtung, 1882. Married. Studied at Peiyang University, Tientsin, 1895-1900. D.C.L., Yale, 1904. Translated the German Civil Code into English. Was Co-Editor of the Journal of the American Bar Association. Studied Law in England and Germany. Called to the English Bar at the Inner Temple. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Provisional Government, Nanking, 1911. Minister of Justice, First Republican Cabinet, 1912. Vice-President, Fu Tan College, Shanghai, 1914-16. Chair-man, Civil and Criminal Code Commission, Peking, 1917. Editor, Chung Hua Book Company.