Background
Mr. T. H. Yeh was born at Hangchow, Zhejiang province in 1882.
Mr. T. H. Yeh was born at Hangchow, Zhejiang province in 1882.
Mr. Yeh received his early education under private tutors and was required to study classic Chinese. Soon after the Boxer rising in 1900 he came to the North and entered the Peivang University by competitive examinations, Dr. C. D. Tenney, Chinese Secretary of the American Legation in Pekmg, was then the dean of the University, where Mr. Yeh studied for two years and a half.
After a lapse of one year when he was il, Mr. Yeh went to England to pursue higher education. During the first few months in England he was a self-supporting student but later he was given a government scholarship. He stayed in England for six years and a half and attended Birmingham University and the Victoria University in Manchester. He graduated from the first institution with the degree of B. S. C. He specialized in chemistry, economics and commercial and industrial organizations.
In the first year of the Republic 1912, Mr. Yeh returned to China. The following year he joined the Ministry of Finance as technical expert. One year later he was promoted to be the head of the Currency Department and when Liang Chi-chiao was appointed Director-General of the Currency Reform Bureau, he was appointed chief of the currency and mint department of the Bureau. He returned to the Essay Office as its Chief. He was occasionally sent out by the Minister of Finance for inspection of almost all the mints in China. In June 1917 when Liang Chi-chiao was Minister of Finance Mr. Yeh concurrently acted as his Secretary.