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Twiss, George R.

(1863-1944) : Professor Ohio State University

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Twiss, George Ransom

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Chronology Entries (1)

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1 1922-1923 George R. Twiss arrived 1922 in Beijing to become Director of Science Education for the Chinese National Association for the Advancement of Education (Zhong hua jiao yu gai jin she). In spring 1923 he travelled throughout the southern Jiangsu region and was teaching during the summer at the National Southeastern University. He then returned to Beijing. Twiss had presented 176 lectures and conferences, had inspected 190 schools in 24 cities and 10 provinces.
  • Document: Keenan, Barry C. The Dewey experiment in China : educational reform and political power in the early Republic. (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, Council on East Asian Studies, 1977). (Harvard East Asian monographs ; 81). S. 85. (Kee3, Publication)

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# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1925 Twiss, George Ransom. Science and education in China : a survey of the present status and a program for progressive improvement. (Shanghai : Commercial Press, 1925). (Diss. Columbia University, 1926).
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001066083. [Limited search]. 		Publication / Twis1