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宋发祥　字致长。年三十四岁。生于福建兴化。本籍住址。福建莆田县龙门下。已婚。子二。女一。初学于兴化英华学校。光緖二十六年。自费游美。入威斯林大学。习理科。光緖三十一年。得学士学位。光緖三十二年。得硕士学位。入芝加哥大学。光緖三十三年。得学士学位。是年回国。任福建高等学堂教员。光緖三十四年。任京师大学堂化学教员。宣统元年。兼任度支部国币化验处会办。民国二年。任财政部技正。民国三年。任苏州银元局监督。及印刷局会办。民国四年。任财政部造币总分各厂总稽查。兼江苏督军署顾问。民国六年。任南京造币厂厂长。给予三等文虎章。及三等嘉禾章。现时通信处。北京东城新开路十二号。

Sung, Far T.-Born in Hsinghua, Fukien, 1883. Married, 1907. Studied at Anglo-Chinese School, Hsinghua, 1896-1900. Arrived in America, August, 1900. Private support. Studied Science at Ohio Wesleyan University, 1900-5; at the University of Chicago, 1905-7. B.Sc., Ohio Wesleyan, 1905; B. Sc., Chicago, 1907; M. S., Ohio Wesleyan, 1906. Returned to China, August, 1907. Teacher, Fukien Provincial College, 1907. Professor of Chemistry, Government University, Peking, 1908-12. Technical Expert, Ministry of Finance, 1913. Co-Director, Assaying Office, Ministry of Finance, 1912-13. Director, Soochow Mint and Co-Director, Bureau of Engineering, 1914. Inspector-General of Mints, Ministry of Fin-ance, 1914-16. Adviser to the Tuchun of Kiangsu, 1915-16. Director, Nan-king Mint, 1917. Third Class Wen Hu and Third Class Chia Ho Decorations.