Yung Wing (Rong Hong), 1854Yung Wing (Rong Hong), 1854
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Courtesy of Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, 10509
Letter from Yung Wing to Jacob Brown Harris, 1854Letter from Yung Wing to Jacob Brown Harris, 1854
Courtesy of Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, 10510
Theodore R. Davis and W. A. RogersTheodore R. Davis and W. A. Rogers
“The Chinese College at Hartford, Connecticut,” Harper’s Weekly, 1878
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Courtesy of the Picture Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, 833686
Yung Wing, a native of Guangdong Province, was the first Chinese student to graduate from an American university, Yale College, in 1854. He was deeply tied to the United States – marrying an American and implementing the Chinese Educational Mission in 1872. A Qing government-sponsored program that provided Chinese boys with a U.S. education, Wing’s mission also provided the 120 students with an immersive experience that included homestays with local families.