Wu Lien-teh

Wu Lien-teh
伍連德
Portrait of Dr. Wu Lien-Teh
Born	(1879-03-10)10 March 1879 Penang, Straits Settlements
Died	21 January 1960(1960-01-21) (aged 80) Penang, Federation of Malaya
Other names	Goh Lean Tuck, Ng Leen Tuck
Education	University of Cambridge - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine - Postgraduate Diploma in Bacteriology University of Halle - Advance Diploma in Bacteriological Studies Pasteur Institute - Master of Medicine in Infectious Diseases University of Cambridge - Master of Medicine University of Cambridge - Doctor of Medicine
Occupation(s)	Medical Doctor, Physician, Researcher
Years active	1903–1959
Known for	Work on the Manchurian Plague of 1910–11
Notable work	Plague Fighter: The Autobiography of a Modern Chinese Physician
Children	7

Wu Lien-teh (Chinese: 伍連德; pinyin: Wǔ Liándé; Jyutping: Ng⁵ Lin⁴ Dak¹; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gó͘ Liân-tek; Goh Lean Tuck and Ng Leen Tuck in Minnan and Cantonese transliteration respectively; 10 March 1879 – 21 January 1960) was a Malayan physician renowned for his work in public health, particularly the Manchurian plague of 1910–11. He is the inventor of the Wu mask, which is the forerunner of today's N95 respirator.

Wu was the first medical student of Chinese descent to study at the University of Cambridge.^[1] He was also the first Malayan nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, in 1935.^[2]