王建祖　字长信。年三十八岁。生于厦门。父鉴明。已婚。子一。女二。初学于香港皇仁书院。北洋大学。又留学日本。光緖二十七年。任南洋公学教员。译欧洲文明史。光緖二十八年。自费游美。入加利佛尼大学。习经济科。光緖三十一年。得学士学位。为西美中国学生会会长。译银行史论。又为留美学生年报第一期编辑。光緖三十二年回国。任两广总督署文案。光緖三十三年。任度支部秘书。授翰林院编修。光緖三十四年。任特派赴美钦史秘书。宣统元年。任江苏省财政监理官。民国四年。任北京大学法科学长。经俄德两国政府。给予三等宝星。节译亚丹氏著财政学。现时通信处。北京北京大学。

wang, chien-tsu.-born in amoy, fukien, 1879. married, 1909. studied at queen's college, hongkong, 1894-95; at peiyang university, tientsin, 1896-98; at waseda university, tokyo, japan, 1899. teacher, nanang college, shanghai, 1901-2. translated buckle's "history of civilization," 1901. arrived in america, october, 1902. private support. studied economics at the university of california, 1903-5. b.s., 1905. president, pacific coast chinese students' alliance, 1905. translated part of dunbar's "history and theory of banking." editor, first chinese students' annual in america, 1905. returned to china, may, 1906. secretary to the viceroy at canton, 1906. secretary, ministry of finance, peking, 1907. member, hanlin academy, peking, 1908. secretary to the chinese special envoy to america, 1908. vice-superintendent of finance, kiangsu, 1909-12. dean, college of law, government university, peking, 1915 to date. third class stanislov decoration from russia and third class crown decoration from germany, 1908. translated part of adam's "science of finance," 1911.