Wu Lien-teh

Wu Lien-teh
伍連德
blue and peach photograph of Dr. Wu-Lien Teh
Portrait of Dr. Wu Lien-Teh
Born(1879-03-10)10 March 1879
Died21 January 1960(1960-01-21) (aged 80)
Other namesGoh Lean Tuck, Ng Leen Tuck
EducationUniversity of Cambridge - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine - Postgraduate Diploma in Bacteriology
University of Halle - Advance Diploma in Bacteriological Studies
Pasteur Institute - Master of Medicine in Infectious Diseases
University of Cambridge - Master of Medicine
University of Cambridge - Doctor of Medicine
Occupation(s)Medical Doctor, Physician, Researcher
Years active1903–1959
Known forWork on the Manchurian Plague of 1910–11
Notable workPlague Fighter: The Autobiography of a Modern Chinese Physician
Children7
Wu Lien-teh
Traditional Chinese伍連德
Simplified Chinese伍连德
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWǔ Liándé
Wade–GilesWu3 Lien2-tê2
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingNg5 Lin4 Dak1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJGó͘ Liân-tek

Wu Lien-teh (Chinese: 伍連德; pinyin: Wǔ Liándé; Jyutping: Ng5 Lin4 Dak1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gó͘ Liân-tek; Goh Lean Tuck and Ng Leen Tuck in Minnan and Cantonese transliteration respectively; 10 March 1879 – 21 January 1960) was a Malayan physician renowned for his work in public health, particularly the Manchurian plague of 1910–11. He is the inventor of the Wu mask, which is the forerunner of today's N95 respirator.

Wu was the first medical student of Chinese descent to study at the University of Cambridge.[1] He was also the first Malayan nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, in 1935.[2]

  1. ^ Wu, Lien-teh (1959). Plague fighter: the autobiography of a modern Chinese physician. Cambridge, England: W. Heffer.
  2. ^ Wu, Lien-Teh (April 2020). "The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901–1953".