Wang Shutao 王淑陶 1904-1991

Wang was a native of Zhongshan, Guangdong province. He studied poetry with Yu Youren 于右任 (1879–1964), then chancellor of Shanghai University, and partook in the 1911 Revolution. A devoted educator, he founded Huaqiao Middle School 華僑中學 in Hong Kong in the 1920s, and was the principal of Huaqiao University of Guangzhou 廣州華僑大學 and Chongqing Zhonghua College of Arts and Commerce 重慶中華文商學院. His works are collected in Haitianlou shichao 海天樓詩鈔 [Poetry from Haitianlou].

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