Lee Sun Chau was one of the first female Chinese doctors of Western Medicine in China.
Education and Medical Work
was an alumna of Belilios Public School. In the late 1910s she graduated from Hackett Medical College for Women, and she then worked as a staff physician at the David Gregg Hospital for Women and Children located on Duo Bao Road, 广州市荔湾区 Guangzhou, China. The photo at the right was taken in Guangzhou, China, in the 1910s. It shows Lee Sun Chau and her classmate Yuen Hing WONG . They both attended the Hackett Medical College for Women in Guangzhou, China. Both graduated from the College and practiced Western Medicine in China. Due to the Warlord Era in China, Lee Sun Chau moved from Guangzhou to Hong Kong in late 1920. There she worked in Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital as an anesthesiologist under Dr. Li Shu Fan and later as the Matron of the Hospital.
Marriage and Family
married Po Yin Chan in Hong Kong on Jan. 7, 1911. The wedding was officiated by Vicar Tsing-Shan Fok and was held in St. Stephen’s Church. Po-Yin Chan was an engineer and a revolutionary under Sun Yat-sen in the Chinese Revolution of 1911, and was a Senator of Guangzhou in the 1920s.
Grandfathers
was a granddaughter of Rev. Hok Shu Chau 周學舒 , the first ordained Chinese minister of the Methodist Church 循道會 in Southern China. Rev. Chau pastored the Methodist Church in Guangzhou, China, in 1877-1916. Rev. Chau was baptized by Rev. Liang Fa 梁發, the very first Chinese pastor in the world. Rev. Liang Fa was ordained by Dr. Robert Morrison, a missionary of the London Missionary Society who translated the whole Bible to Chinese. Lee Sun Chau was also a granddaughter of Rev. Wei Tsing Wan, who was ordained by the London Missionary Society in China.
Uncle
was a niece of Man-Kai Wan, who was a younger brother of her mother, a son of Rev. Wei Tsing Wan and a son-in-law of To Tsai Church ElderAu Fung-Chi. Au was the Chinese language teacher of Sun Yat-sen. Man-Kai Wan was one of the first Chinese doctors of Western Medicine in Hong Kong. In 1920-1922, he served as the inaugural Chairman of the Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association 香港中華醫學會. In 1922, he served as the Chairman of the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong. He was one of the founders of the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital. He was also a secondary school classmate of Sun Yat-sen in The Government Central College in Hong Kong. Wan and Sun graduated from secondary school together in 1886. In 1893, they started a medical clinic together. Wan also protected Sun during Sun's long and dangerous preparation for the 1911 Chinese Revolution. Man-Kai Wan was also the Chairman of the Board of a Christian newspaper called “Great Light Newspaper” that was distributed in Hong Kong and China. In 1912, Sun wrote for the newspaper four words “與國同春”, meaning springtime along with the Nation.
's granddaughter Deborah Chung dedicated her book Carbon Fiber Composites to the memory of Lee Sun Chau. Deborah Chung is an American scientist and professor, who is best known for her invention of smart concrete.
