Alfred Kaiming Chiu

Background

Chiu, Alfred Kaiming was born on March 11, 1898 in Chinhai, Chekiang, China. Son of Lienfang and Feng (Wang) Chiu.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Boone U., 1922, A.M., 1927. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1933.

Career

I; married second, Yu Tseng, Aug 24, 1939. Children—Chuang-i, Hsuan-i, Hua-i, Wei-i. Librarian, Amoy U., 1922-1924.

Advisory Chinese library association, 1924-1946. Custodian Chinese and Japanese books Harvard, 1927-1930. Chief research fellow Peiping Institute Social Sciences Academia Sinica, 1930-1931.

Librarian Chinese-Japanese library Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1931-1965, honorary curator rare books Harvard-Yenching Library, 1965-1977, lecturer Chinese literature, 1936-1965. University librarian, professor Chinese U. Hong Kong, Kowloon, 1966-1970. Visiting professor, curator, consultant Oriental collection Walter Library, University of Minnesota, 1965-1968.

Consultant East Asian library material Boston Museum Fine Arts, 1940-1964, Far Eastern books University of California Library, Berkeley, 1947, cataloging Far Eastern books American Library Association, 1954-1968.

Membership

Member American Oriental Society, Far Eastern Association, Special Libraries Association.

Connections

Married Hui-chun Huang, July 1, 1923.; married second, Yu Tseng, Aug 24, 1939. Children: Chuang-i, Hsuan-i, Hua-i, Wei-i.

Father:

Lienfang Chiu

Mother:

Feng (Wang) Chiu

Spouse:

Hui-chun Huang

Spouse:

Yu Tseng

child:

Hua-i Chiu

child:

Chuang-i Chiu

child:

Wei-i Chiu

child:

Hsuan-i Chiu