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Sun Yat-sen

AKA Yat-sen Sun

Born: 12-Nov-1866
Birthplace: Cuiheng, Guangdong, China
Died: 12-Mar-1925
Location of death: Beijing, China
Cause of death: Cancer - Liver
Remains: Buried, Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum, Nanjing, China

Gender: Male
Religion: Christian
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State, Politician, Activist

Nationality: China
Executive summary: President of China, 1911-12

Father: Sun Dacheng
Mother: Madam Yang
Brother: Sun Mei
Sister: Jinxing
Brother: Deyou
Sister: Miaoxi
Sister: Qiuqi
Wife: Lu Muzhen ("Sun Loo Shee", m. 1884)
Wife: Soong Ching-ling ("Song Qingling", m. 25-Oct-1915, bigamous)
Son: Sun Ke ("Sun Fo")
Daughter: Sun Yan ("Sun Yuen")
Daughter: Sun Wan ("Sun On")
Mistress: Chen Cuifen

    High School: Diocesan Boys' School, Kowloon, Hong Kong (1883)
    University: Queen's College, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
    Medical School: Canton Hospital Medical School
    Medical School: Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (1892)

    President of China 1911-12
    Converted to Christianity 1883
    Exiled 1895
    Exiled 1900
    Kidnapped London, England 1896
    Birthday Is Holiday 12-Nov Sun Yat-sen's Birthday (Taiwan, Hong Kong)
    Chinese Ancestry

Author of books:
Kidnapped in London (1897, nonfiction)

Appears on postage stamps:
USA, Scott #1188 (4 cents, Republic of China, issued 10-Oct-1961)


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