Bernard and Katherine Read Papers, 1902-1964

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Bernard and Katherine Read Papers, 1902-1964

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These papers document Bernarnd Read's work as ascientist in China from 1909 to 1949, as well as the life of his family inChina and his internment during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, 1941-1945.Bernard Read was not directly engaged by a missionary agency but spent thefirst part of his career in China at the Peking Union Medical College, a unionventure related to various mission agencies. Read left the Peking Union MedicalCollege due to disagreements with its leaders, and went to work for the HenryLester Institute, an organization financed by an American businessman inShanghai.

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Yake University Divinity School Library

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Read, Katherine

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Beijing yi xue yuan

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Read, B. E. (Bernard Emms), 1887-1949

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Bernard E. Read was a pharmacologist who taught at Peking Medical College from 1909 to 1932 and later was Head of Physiological Services and Director of the Henry Lester Institute of Medical Research in Shanghai. Read was an expert on Chinese drugs and wrote widely. From the description of Bernard and Katherine Read papers, 1902-1964 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702163596 1887 May 17 ...

Henry Lester Institute of Medical Research (Shanghai).

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Peking Union Medical College.

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