Lim Boon Keng

Lim Boon Keng
Photograph of Lim Boon Keng
Born(1869-10-18)18 October 1869
Died1 January 1957(1957-01-01) (aged 87)
Resting placeBidadari Cemetery
Other namesLin Wenqing
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh (MBBS)
Occupations
  • Physician
  • social activist
Known forAdvocating social and educational reforms in Singapore
Spouses
Margaret Wong
(m. 1896; died 1905)
Grace Yin
(m. 1908)
PartnerChui Geok
Children7 (including Robert Lim)
Parent(s)Lim Thean Geow (father)
Su Xiao Shen (mother)
Lim Boon Keng
Traditional Chinese林文慶
Simplified Chinese林文庆
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLín Wénqìng
Southern Min
Hokkien POJLîm Bûn-khèng

Lim Boon Keng OBE (Chinese: 林文慶; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Bûn-khèng; 18 October 1869 – 1 January 1957) was a Peranakan physician who advocated social and educational reforms in Singapore in the early 20th-century. He also served as the president of Xiamen University in China between 1921 and 1937.