章宗元　字伯初。年四十岁。生于上海。弟宗祥。驻日公使。已婚。子一。初学于上海南洋公学。光緖二十六年。以官费游美。入朴摩那学校。光緖二十九年。入加利佛尼学校。习经济商业。光緖三十三年。得学士学位。是年回国。供职外交部。宣统元年。任北京财政学堂堂长。民国元年。任财政部次长。民国二年。充驻英财政委员。民国三年至五年。任审计院院长。现时住址。北京大院胡同。

chang, tsung-yuen.-born in shanghai, 1876. married, 1907. studied at nanyang college, shanghai, 1898-1900. arrived in america, january, 1900. government support, prepared for college at pomona college, 1900-3. studied economics and commerce at the university of california, 1903-7. b.s., 1907. returned to china, july, 1907. member, ministry of foreign affairs, 1907-8. president, college of finance, peking, 1909-11. vice-minister, ministry of finance, 1912. financial commissioner to london, 1913. director, board of audit, 1914-16.