Wu lien teh biography of rory gilmore

Malayan physician (1879–1960)

This article is about the Malayan Chinese doctor. For the editor of Liangyou magazine, see The Young Companion.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.

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 Cantonesetransliteration respectively; 10 March 1879 – 21 January 1960) was a Malayanphysician 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.^[2] He was also the first Malayan nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, in 1935.^[3]

Life and education

Wu was born in Penang, one of the three towns of the Straits Settlements (the others being Malacca a Wu lien teh biography of rory gilmore death.