Buwei Yang Chao
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Buwei Yang Chao was a Chinese-American physician and writer. She was one of the first women to practice Western medicine in China. She was married to linguist Yuen Ren Chao.
Chao family poses for a picture during their 25th wedding anniversary.
Yuen Ren Chao
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Yuen Ren Chao was a Chinese-American linguist, musician, and polymath. Applying modern linguistic theory and scientific methods to the study of Chinese phonology, dialects, and grammar, Chao was a lea
Buwei Yang Chao
…1889–1981) was a Chinese-American physician and writer. She was one of the first women to practice Western medicine in China. She was married to linguist Yuen Ren Chao. Yang was born in Nanjing into the Yang family, but was raised by her aunt and uncle. At a very young age, she was sent to a school in Nanjing. The…
c. 1916 portrait of Chao
Chao (seated left) with his eldest daughter Iris Rulan Chao Pian