Bernard and Katherine Read papers, 1902-1964 (inclusive).

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Bernard and Katherine Read papers, 1902-1964 (inclusive).

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Material documents the work of a scientist who worked in China from 1909 to 1949, as well as the life of his family in China. Bernard Read was not directly engaged by a missionary agency but spent the first part of his career in China at the Peking Medical College, a union venture of various mission agencies. Read left the Peking Medical College due to disagreements with the actions of its leaders and went to work for the Lester Institute, an organization financed by an American businessman in China.

9 linear feet (21 boxes)

Yake University Divinity School Library

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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 ...

Read, Katherine.

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Henry Lester Institute of Medical Research (Shanghai).

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