Dr. Philip K. C. Tyau
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(Tiao Tso-ch'ien)
Dr. Philip K. C. Tyau was born at Hsing-ning Hsien, Kuangtung province, in 1880. In 1889 he went to Honolulu where his father was a well-known merchant. In 1896 he entered St. John's University, Shanghai. After graduation from that institution in 1901 he went to London and entered a secondary school in North London to learn Latin. After one year's preparation he enrolled himself at Christ College, Cambridge University. He obtained his B. A. degree in 1905 and his LL.B. degree in 1907. Also in 1907 he became Barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple. He took his M. A. degree at Cambridge in 1908. During the interval between his graduation at Cambridge and call to the Bar he took the second year engineering course at Sheffield University. He registered himself for the LL.D. degree at the London University but had to return to China before the completion of his
