Abstract
Wu Lien-teh was born in 1879 on the island of Penang in Malaya (four
days before Einstein). He hailed from Taishan, Guangdong. In 1896, at
the age of 17, Dr. Wu excelled and was awarded the Queen’s Scholarship
by Queen Victoria to study at the University of Cambridge in London.
During his research, he successively studied at St. Mary’s Hospital in
the UK, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the Hygiene Institute
at the University of Halle in Germany, and the Pasteur Institute in
France. He was mentored by Nobel laureates Professor Elie Metchnikoff
and Professor Frederick Gowland Hopkins. Dr. Wu pursued his studies
abroad for seven years, earning a total of five degrees from the
University of Cambridge: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Arts, Master
of Surgery, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Medicine. He obtained his
doctorate at the young age of 24. He was also the first Chinese person
in the world to be awarded a doctorate from the University of Cambridge