Background
Huang was born in Chen County (now Suxian District of Chenzhou), Hunan, in 1889. His father, Huang Ruhu (Chinese: 黄如瑚), was a traditional Chinese intellectual.
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Huang Shiheng
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Education
Huang attended the First High School of Chenzhou. He secondary studied at the First High School of Changsha and the High School Attached to Hunan Normal University.
Career
He received his bachelor"s degree from the University of Iowa, and his master"s degree from Columbia University. He returned to China in 1920 and that year became director of History Department at Chengdu Normal School. In 1923 he became a professor at Hunan Business School (now Hunan University) and became its President in 1924.
He was President of Hunan University in December 1935, and held that office until July 1937.
In 1940 he was President of Chuanshan Private High School, a position he held until 1942. After the founding of the Communist State, he taught at Hunan University.
He was a researcher in Hunan Normal University in 1953. He became the Vice-President of Hunan Provincial Research Institute of Culture and History in 1959.
On June 12, 1978, he died of illness in Changsha, Hunan.
Membership
In 1937, he was elected a member of the National Assembly.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Kuomintang