易鼎新　字修吟。年三十一岁。生于湖南醴陵。兄著魁。业农。本籍通信处。湖南醴陵东门永嘉宾馆。已婚。子一。初学于长沙府中学。长沙游学预备科。奉天方言学堂。北京财政学堂。任江西萍鄕县栗江学堂教员。宣统二年。以官费游美。入理海大学。习电气工程。民国三年。得电气工程师学位。入佑凝学校。民国四年。得硕士学位。被选入某某两名誉学会。为理海大学中国学生会会长。为理海大学电气学会。及留美学生会会员。常撰文载留美学生月报。及中华实业界。为留美学生季报编辑。充普通电气公司试验员。民国四年回国。任湖南工业专门学校教员。民国五年。任汉口西门子公司工程师。又任湖南高等师范学校教员。现时通信处。湖南长沙岳麓高等师范学校。

yeh, ting shien.-born in lee ling, hunan, 1886. married, 1906. studied at changsha middle school, changsha, 1904-5; at chinese educational mission school, changsha, 1906; at college of languages, mukden, 1908-9; at college of finance, peking, 1909-10. instructor, li kiang school, pinghsiang, 1907. arrived in america, september, 1910. government support. studied electrical engineering at lehigh university, 1910-14: at union college, 1914-15. e.e., 1914: m.s., 1915. elected to tau beta pi, october, 1913; to sigma xi, april, 1915. president, lehigh chinese students' club, 1913-14. member: electrical society of lehigh university, 1912-14: chinese students' alliance, 1910-15. frequent contributor of articles to chinese students' monthly, chung hua industrial world, etc. assistant editor, chinese students' quarterly, 1913-14. testman, general electrical company, 1914-15. returned to china, august, 1915. instructor in electrical engineering, hunan polytechnic institute, 1915-16. engineer, siemens china co., hankow, 1916. head of physics and mathematis department, government teachers' college, hunan, 1916 to date.