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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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