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Wu Lien-teh

1879 - 1960

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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 Cantonese transliteration respectively; 10 March 1879 – 21 January 1960) was a Malayan physician 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. He was also the first Malayan nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, in 1935. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wu Lien-teh is the 503rd most popular physician (down from 470th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Singapore (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Singaporean Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Wu Lien-teh ranks 503 out of 726. Before him are William Stewart Halsted, Soumya Swaminathan, Eugène Olivier, Constantin von Economo, Kurt Blome, and Oskar Minkowski. After him are Russell M. Nelson, Madeleine Pelletier, Ibn Butlan, Fritz Klein, Carlo Urbani, and Ruth Pfau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Wu Lien-teh ranks 144. Before him are Richárd Weisz, Philippe Gaubert, Mostafa El-Nahas, Pavel Bazhov, Walery Sławek, and Vittorio Ambrosio. After him are Albert Taillandier, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Helena Roerich, André Roosevelt, Eugen Varga, and Henri Jobier. Among people deceased in 1960, Wu Lien-teh ranks 140. Before him are Ward Bond, Mitrofan Nedelin, Lottie Dod, Wander Johannes de Haas, Hisamuddin of Selangor, and Eduard Čech. After him are Virginia Bolten, Hersch Lauterpacht, Walter Noddack, James Montgomery Flagg, Igor Grabar, and Lya Mara.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Wu Lien-teh ranks 15 out of 42. Before him are Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957), David Marshall (1908), Julia Nickson (1958), Vanessa-Mae (1978), Wee Kim Wee (1915), and Abu Bakar of Johor (1833). After him are Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), Ong Teng Cheong (1936), Ho Ching (1953), Chin Han (1969), Kygo (1991), and Brad Cooper (1954).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Singapore

Among physicians born in Singapore, Wu Lien-teh ranks 1. 

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