章宗元 字伯初。年四十岁。生于上海。弟宗祥。驻日公使。已婚。子一。初学于上海南洋公学。光緖二十六年。以官费游美。入朴摩那学校。光緖二十九年。入加利佛尼学校。习经济商业。光緖三十三年。得学士学位。是年回国。供职外交部。宣统元年。任北京财政学堂堂长。民国元年。任财政部次长。民国二年。充驻英财政委员。民国三年至五年。任审计院院长。现时住址。北京大院胡同。

Chang, Tsung-Yuen.-Born in Shanghai, 1876. Married, 1907. Studied at Nanyang College, Shanghai, 1898-1900. Arrived in America, January, 1900. Government support, Prepared for college at Pomona College, 1900-3. Studied Economics and Commerce at the University of California, 1903-7. B.S., 1907. Returned to China, July, 1907. Member, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1907-8. President, College of Finance, Peking, 1909-11. Vice-Minister, Ministry of Finance, 1912. Financial Commissioner to London, 1913. Director, Board of Audit, 1914-16.