Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Wang Ch'ung-yu

Mr. C. Y. Wang

王龍佑字佐臣

(Wang Ch'ung-yu)

Mr. C. Y. Wang was born in Hongkong in 1879, his home being at Tung Kun Hsien, Kuangtung province. He studied at Queen's College from 1895 to 1895 and entered Peiyang University, Tientsin, in 1895, graduating from the Mining Department in 1899. Mr. Wang went to America in 1901 and studied mining at the University of California during 1901-1902. In the fall of 1902 he entered Columbia University to study mining and geology and was graduated with the degree of M. A. in 1903. Mr. Wang became a member of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. In 1904 he was elected to Sigma Xi and the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Mr. Wang returned to China in 1998. The following gives the various positions he has held since his return from America: 1908-1909, Metallurgist, Wah Chang Mining & Smelting Co., Changsha; 1909-1913, managing director, Pao Tai Mining & Smelting Co; 1910-1911, Mining Engineer, government of the province of Kuangse; 1911-1912, Commissioner of Commerce and Industries, Canton; 1914-1916 superintendent of Tayeh & Iron Mines; 1916-1918, engineer-in-chief, Panoff & Antimony Refinery, Hankow; 1919-1921, consulting mining engineer, 1921-1922, Councillor of the Chinese Delegation to the Washington Conference; 1921-1922, Head of the Mine Committee for the Rendition of the Shantung Mines, 1923, manager of the Yangtzu Blast Furnace, Liu-Ho-Kou Mining Company; and since 1923 head of the Technical Department, Liu Ho Kou Mining Company, Peking. Mr. Wang is the author of the following publications; Treaties on Antimony published by Messrs. Charles Griffin Co., London, 1908; The Origin and Nature of Love published by The Open Road Publishing Co., London, 1908; The Bibliography of the Mineral Wealth and Geology of China, published by Charles Griffin Co., London, 1912, and The Mineral Resources of China, 1921. He was awarded the Third Class Chiaho in July 1922 and Second Class Chiaho in January 1923. His present address is Liu Ho Kou Mining Co., Mu Chiang Hutung, Peking, or 21, Rue de Paris, Hankow.