Lim Boon Keng | |
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![]() Lim in the 1930s | |
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Died | 1 January 1957 | (aged 87)
Resting place | Bidadari Cemetery |
Other names | Lin Wenqing |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh (MBBS) |
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Known for | Advocating social and educational reforms in Singapore |
Spouses | Margaret Wong
(m. 1896; died 1905)Grace Yin (m. 1908) |
Partner | Chui Geok |
Children | 7 (including Robert Lim) |
Parent(s) | Lim Thean Geow (father) Su Xiao Shen (mother) |
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Traditional Chinese | 林文慶 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 林文庆 | ||||||||||
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Lim Boon Keng OBE (Chinese: 林文慶; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Bûn-khèng; 18 October 1869 – 1 January 1957) was a Peranakan physician who advocated social and educational reforms in Singapore in the early 20th-century. He also served as the president of Xiamen University in China between 1921 and 1937.