Wu Lien-teh | |
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伍連德 | |
 Portrait of Dr. Wu Lien-Teh | |
| Born | 10 March 1879 |
| Died | 21 January 1960 (aged 80) |
| Other names | Goh Lean Tuck, Ng Leen Tuck |
| Education | University 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 active | 1903–1959 |
| Known for | Work on the Manchurian Plague of 1910–11 |
| Notable work | Plague Fighter: The Autobiography of a Modern Chinese Physician |
| Children | 7 |
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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]
- ^ Wu, Lien-teh (1959). Plague fighter: the autobiography of a modern Chinese physician. Cambridge, England: W. Heffer.
- ^ Wu, Lien-Teh (April 2020). "The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901–1953".