吴家高 字忆琴。年二十八岁。生于江苏苏州。本籍住址。苏州城内滚绣坊七十二号。兄家煦。字和士。任中华书局编辑。已婚。子一。初肄业上海爱国学社。及南洋中学。为童子世界报编辑。又为南京锺英中学教员。光緖三十四年。得端忠愍助。资自费游美。入加利佛尼大学。习机器工程。宣统二年。入伊利诺爱大学。习铁路工程。民国二年。得学士学位。入哥仑比亚大学。习物理数学。为中国学生会会长及会计。世界会及靑年会职员。铁路会会员。曾演讲中国铁路史及中国数学史。为留美学生年报经理。民国三年。回国。任吴淞水产学校数学物理教员。上海靑年会日报及南洋公学英文教员。民国四年以还。住南京高等师范学校数学教员。兼为江苏省教育会理科教授研究会会计及庶务。又为南洋中学校友会评议员。现时通信处。南京高等师范学校。
wu, c. k.-born in soochow, 1889. married, 1915. studied at aikuo school, shanghai, 1902-3; at nanyang middle school, shanghai, 1903-7. editor, boys' world, 1907. teacher, chungying middle school, nanking, 1908. arrived in america, august, 1908. private support. studied mechanical engineering at the university of california, 1908-10; railway engineering at the university of illinois, 1910-13; mathematics at columbia university, 1913-14. b.s., 1913. treasurer and one time president, chin-ese students' club, 1910-13. member, cosmopolitan club and y.m.c.a. cabinet, 1912-13. member, railway club, 1911. spoke on "history of chin-ese railways" at the railway club of the university of illinois, 1912; on
"history of chinese mathematics" before his class, 1913. manager, chinese students' annual, 1912-13. returned to china, june, 1914. teacher of english, y.m.c.a. day school and nanyang college, shanghai, 1914-15. teacher of mathematics and physics, college of aquatic products, woosung, 1914-15. teacher of mathematics, government teachers' college, nanking, 1915 to date.