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List of Chinese Rotarians in Shanghai

  • 1. ENP-China, Aix-Marseille University

Description

This file contains the complete list of the (113) Chinese members of the Rotary Clubs of Shanghai and Shanghai West from 1919 to 1948. It was compiled from the series of rosters available at the Archives of Rotary International (Evanston, Ill). The file contains not only membership but also biographical data extracted from contemporary Who's Who. For each member, we provide the following information: 

  1. Membership: Name (Chinese, pinyin, English/Wade-Giles transliteration), club of affiliation (Shanghai or Shanghai West), nickname, year of joining/leaving the club, age at joining the club, duration of membership, classification (the profession he represented), main affiliation (the institution he worked for), position, nature and degree of commitment to the club. 
  2. Biographical Data: Birth date (year), place of birth (locality, province), ancestry/native place, country of education, university of graduation, academic discipline, highest degree obtained, level of social activity (number of positions held during their career), social-professional mobility (range of sectors in which they worked), geographical mobility (number of places visited in their lifetime). 

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Funding

ENPMUC – Elites, networks, and power in modern urban China (1830-1949). 788476
European Commission