Fan Yuanlian

Fan Yuanlian
范源濂
Fan Yuanlian
President of Beijing Normal University
In office
July 1923 – September 1924
Preceded byLi Jianxun
Succeeded byZhang Yihui
Minister of Education
In office
August 1920 – December 1921
Preceded byFu Yuefen
Succeeded byMa Linyi (Acting)
In office
July 1915 – November 1917
Preceded byWu Kaisheng (Acting)
Succeeded byYuan Xitao (Acting)
In office
July 1912 – July 1913
Preceded byCai Yuanpei
Succeeded byLiu Guanxiong
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
January 1917 – July 1917
President of Tsinghua University
In office
January 1918 – April 1918
Preceded byZhao Guocai
Succeeded byZhang Yuquan
Personal details
Born1875
Xiangyin County, Hunan, Qing Empire
Died1927 (aged 51–52)
Tianjin, Republic of China
Political partyKuomintang
RelationsFan Xudong (brother)
Alma materTokyo Normal College
Hosei University

Fan Yuanlian (Chinese: 范源濂; pinyin: Fàn Yuánlián; Wade–Giles: Fan Yuan-lien; 1875 – 23 December 1927), courtesy name Jingsheng (Chinese: 靜生), was a Chinese educator and politician who served three separate terms as minister of Education of the Republic of China, from July 1912 to July 1913 and from July 1915 to November 1917, and briefly from August 1920 to December 1921. He also served as president of Tsinghua University from January 1918 to April 1918 and president of Beijing Normal University between July 1923 and September 1924.[1] He was the founding father of Nankai University.[2]

  1. ^ 中国历史人物故事:范源濂. xdf.cn (in Chinese). 23 August 2013.
  2. ^ 南开大学创始人范源濂. people.com.cn (in Chinese). 11 November 2004. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2018.