Tan Kah Kee

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Tan Kah Kee
陳嘉庚
Chen Jia Geng 2.jpg
Born(1874-10-21)21 October 1874
Died12 August 1961(1961-08-12) (aged 86)
Other namesChen Jiageng
Occupations
  • Businessman
  • investor
  • philanthropist
Known forPhilanthropic work, setting up schools in China and Southeast Asia and helping to raise funds to support China in major events during the 20th century
Spouse4
Children18
ParentTan Kee Peck (father)
RelativesTan Keng Hian (younger brother)
Lee Kong Chian (son-in-law)
  1. 1 2 Brief history of Nan Chiau Archived 8 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine , The Herencia, Retrieved 12 December 2015
  2. Tan Kah Kee House (TKK), Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), and Ai Tong School url=https://www.acsindep.moe.edu.sg/student-development/houses/tkk-house/
  3. Boorman, Howard L. (1968). "Fei Hsiao-t'ung". Biographical Dictionary of Republican China. Vol. II. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 252.
  4. "Tan Kah Kee Hall | College of Chemistry".

General references

Tan Kah Kee
Traditional Chinese 陳嘉庚
Simplified Chinese 陈嘉庚
Hokkien POJ Tân Ka-kiⁿ
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Chén Jiāgēng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping Can4 Gaa1-gang1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ Tân Ka-kiⁿ