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Ng Poon, Chew

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Ng Poon, Chew (1866-1931)

Chinese-born minister, editor, and lecturer. He studied under a Taoist priest before emigrating from South China to San Francisco (1881). He converted to Christianity (1882) and was a Presbyterian minister to Chinese congregations in California (1892-99). He left the ministry and founded the Chinese Western Daily (1900), the first Chinese daily paper in the USA He lectured for the Chautauqua and Lyceum groups (1915-31) and promoted better understanding of Chinese culture in the USA He became a Mason and a Shriner.
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