Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Yeh Ching-hsin

Mr. T. H. Yeh

葉景孝字叔衡

(Yeh Ching-hsin)

Mr. T. H. Yeh was born at Hangchow, Chekiang province, in 1882. He received his early education under private tutors, and was required to study classic Chinese. Soon after the Boxer rising in 1900, he came to the North and entered the Peiyang University by competitive examinations, Dr. C. D. Tenney, Chinese Secretary of the American Legation in Peking, was then the dean of the University, where Mr. Yeh studied for two years and a half. After a lapse of one year, when he was ill, Mr. Yeh went to England to pursue higher education. During the first few months in England he was a self-supporting student, but later he was given a government scholarship. He stayed in England for six years and a half, and attended Birmingham University and the Victoria University in Manchester. He was graduated from the first irstitution with the degree of B. S. C. He specialized in chemistry, economics, and commercial and industrial organizations. In the first year of the Republic, 1912, Mr. Yeh returned to China. The following year he joined the Ministry of Finance as technical expert. One year later he was promoted to be the head of the Currendy 'Department, and when Liang Chi-chiao was appointed Director-General of the Currency Reform Bureau, he was appointed chief of the currency and mint department of the Bureau. He returned to the Essay Office as its Chief. He was occasionally sent out by the Minister of Finance for inspection of almost all the mints in China. In June 1917, when Liang Chi-chiao was Minister of Finance, Mr. Yeh concurrently acted as his Secretary.