John C. Ferguson

Background

John was born in March 1866.

Education

He studied at Boston University; was a President of Nanking University in 1888 - 1897, President of Nanyang College, Shanghai in 1897-1902.

Career

He was: Secretary Chinese Ministry of Commerce 1902-1903;

Chief Secretary Imperial Chinese Railway Administration 1903 - 1905;

Adviser to Viceroy of Nanking;

Adviser to Viceroy of Wuchang

Member of Commission for Treaty Revision 1903 - 1904;

Special duty for Viceroy of Nanking to settle extension of Shanghai Settlements 1898 - 1899

Also special duty to settle Ningpo Joss House case 1899;

Assisted Shanghai Tao- tai in arranging Yangtsze compact for protection of South Eastern Provinces 1900;

Special Commissioner to investigate Commercial Schools in Europe and America 1901;

Special Commissioner to America concerning Railway affairs 1904;

Sometime Proprietor and Editor, The Shanghai Times;

Editor of Journal of China Branch, Royal Asiatic Society.

Achievements

• Author of the Works on Chemistry, Pedagogy and Military Regulations (in Chinese). Author of numerous Magazine articles. Also, he edited the Education Department’s “Chinese Reviewer in 1893-1899.

Membership

• Shanghai club , Shanghai

• Peking club , Peking

Connections

John was married to M. E. Wilson in 1887.

Wife:

M. E. Wilson