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St. John's University, Minnesota (CDP), a census-designated place in Minnesota. St. John's University (1887–1952), in Shanghai, China. St. John's University (Taiwan), successor institution of the St. John's University in Shanghai.
St. John's University (SJU) was a Christian university in Shanghai. Founded in 1879 by American missionaries, it was one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China, often regarded as the Harvard of China.
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Foundation as St. John's College
The university was founded in 1879 as "St. John's College" by William Jones Boone and Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, by combining two preexisting Anglican colleges in Shanghai. The architect for the college's original quadrangle of buildings was Newark, New Jersey architect William Halsey Wood. The first president was Yen Yun-ching (Chinese: 顏永京, 1838–98).During the early period of St. John's College, Lydia Mary Fay (1804–78), a missionary of the Protestant Episcopal China Mission...
St. John's University
In 1905, St. John's College became St. John's University and became registered in Washington D.C. in the United States. It thus had the status of a domestic university and American graduates of St. John's could proceed directly to graduate schools in the United States. As a result, the university attracted some of the brightest and wealthiest students in Shanghai at the time. It was the first institution to grant bachelor's degreesin China, starting in 1907. The university was located at 188...
Chinese Civil War and disestablishment
The university survived World War II and the Chinese Civil War. However, in 1952 the Communist government adopted a policy of creating specialist universities in the Soviet style of the time. Under this policy, St John's was broken up. Most of its faculties were incorporated into the East China Normal University. The medical school was incorporated into Shanghai Second Medical College, which became the School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2005. The campus became the site of th...
See also Category:St. John's University, Shanghai alumniClement Chang(1929–2018), a Taiwanese academic and politicianWilliam Y. Chang – founder of the Chinese-American Timesnewspaper in New York CityChen Chi-lu(1923–2014), minister of the Council of Cultural Affairs of the Republic of China, 1981–1988Cheng Tien-hsi(1884–1970), author and jurist, last ambassador of the Republic of China to the United KingdomIrene Chou(1924–2011), artistWilliam Z.L. (SiLiang) Sung was the vice president of St. John's University under Francis Lister Hawks Pott and later the first Chinese-born acting president during WWII. He was accused of collabor...David Z.T. Yin, rector of the university, was a distinguished Chinese scholar who had represented the YMCA in Shanghai at the turn of the century.To keep the school's traditions alive, SJU alumni (called Johanneans) have founded three academic institutions bearing the same name: 1. in Tamsui District, Taiwan, St. John's Universitywas established in 1967; 2. In Vancouver, St. John's College at the University of British Columbia was established in 1997,and 3. In Shanghai, St. John's College at...
Seeds From The West : St John's Medical School, Shanghai, 1880–1952. Chen, Kaiyi; Imprint Publications, Chicago, 2001. ISBN 1879176386
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圣约翰大学 （英语： Saint John's University ），是19世纪末到20世纪初中叶， 美国圣公会 在 中国 上海 创办的一所高等教育学府，是在华办学时间最长的一所 教会学校 ，被称为“东方 哈佛 ”。 [1] 1952年9月被 中华人民共和国政府 解散。 该校解散以后，上海圣约翰大学 校董会 主席 欧伟国 会同 广州岭南大学 校长 李应林 和香港教会团体，合并包括上海圣约翰大学在内的 中国大陆 原13所基督教大学，在香港成立 崇基学院 ；崇基学院于1963年被并入“ 香港中文大学 ”。 根据 时代论坛 报导， 香港圣公会 于2016年9月1日起不再支持 崇基学院 神学院。
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St John’s University, Shanghai. The Episcopal Church began an institution for boys in Shanghai around 1851. It was the foundation for St. John's. The school was founded by the Rt. Rev. Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, 1877-1883.
