Word: kun
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...death of Professor Ko Kun-hua leaves his family in a very embarrassing and pitiable condition. His wife, who has no knowledge of our language at all, is left in a strange country almost friendless, with a family of six small children to provide for. It is not as yet known how much property Professor Ko has left for the support of his family, but probably enough to provide for them until their return to China. We understand that Mrs. Ko will remain in this country three months, and then leave for China with the embalmed body of her dead...
...Kun-hua died at his residence, 717 Cambridge street, yesterday at 4.30 P. M., of acute pneumonia, after an illness of two weeks. He was a native of Ningpo, and came to this country in 1879. He was appointed professor of Chinese at Harvard for three years, commencing Sept. 1, 1879. In China he belonged to a family of high rank, was a mandarin of the third grade and held several important government positions at Ningpo. He was a sub-prefect, and by imperial promotion was made prefect. Since he came to Cambridge he has had three pupils...
...various spellings of the name borne by our Chinese professor could be collected, they would form a large and extensive volume; the following specimen is from the College Argus: "Prof. Ko Kun Hun receives a salary of $200 per month. He has seven little ko-ku-nuts in his family...
PROFESSOR KO KUN HUA has presented to the Library a volume of his own poetry, entitled "Verses composed in the Hall of Longevity." The volume is a small octavo, printed privately at Ningpo, in 1879, and is unaccompanied by a translation...