Ding Wenjiang

Ding Wenjiang
丁文江
Personal details
Born(1887-03-20)20 March 1887
Taixing County, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty
Died5 January 1936(1936-01-05) (aged 48)
Changsha, Hunan, Republic of China
Political partyIndependent
SpouseShi Jiuyuan
EducationUniversity of Glasgow, Graduated from Zoology and Geology in 1911
Occupation
  • Essayist
  • geologist
  • writer
Offices held
  • 1913–1917: Director of the Geology Division, Mining Administration Department, Ministry of Industry and Commerce
  • 1917–1921; 1927–1934: Director of the Geological Survey Institute
  • 1921–1925: General Manager of Beipiao Coal Mine Company
  • 1926: General Manager of Songhu (now in Shanghai) Commercial Port Supervision Office
  • 1934–1936: Director General, Academia Sinica

Ding Wenjiang (Chinese: 丁文江; pinyin: Dīng Wénjiāng; March 20, 1887 – January 5, 1936), courtesy name Zaijun, was a Chinese essayist, geologist, and writer active especially in the Republic of China. He was once a member of the Board of Directors of Private Nankai University and Professor of the Department of Geology in National Peking University. In his own time, his name was transcribed as either V.K. Ting, or Ting Wen-chiang.