Tu Tsung-ming

Tu Tsung-ming
杜聰明
Born(1893-08-25)August 25, 1893
Chi-lân-sam-pó, Tamsui County, Taipeh Prefecture, Taiwan, Qing Empire (now Tamsui, New Taipei, Taiwan)
DiedFebruary 25, 1986(1986-02-25) (aged 92)
EducationTaihoku Imperial University
Kyoto Imperial University (DMS)
OccupationsPharmacologist, educator
SpouseTu Lin Shuangsui 杜林雙隨
RelativesLoring W. Tu (grandson)

Tu Tsung-ming (Chinese: 杜聰明; pinyin: Dù Cōngmíng, Japanese: Tō Sōmē) was a Taiwanese pharmacologist and educator who was the first Taiwanese person to earn a Doctor of Medical Sciences (equivalent to Ph.D.).