Wednesday 10 March 2021

142nd birthday

I shall be celebrating Dr Wu Lien-Teh's 142nd birthday this afternoon on the grounds of the Penang Institute in Brown Road, George Town, where a bust of this real Malaysian hero stands.

 


And for good measure, Wu Lien-Teh is featured today on Google Doodle. Anyone visiting the Google homepage will be greeted with this image:


In celebration of his birthday, The Star newspaper wrote this about Wu Lien-Teh:

PETALING JAYA: Google on Wednesday (March 10) paid tribute to Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist Dr Wu Lien-Teh, who created a surgical face covering widely believed to be the precursor of today's N95 mask. To celebrate his achievements, Google dedicated its Doodle to Dr Wu on the doctor's 142nd birthday.

 More of this story can be read here.


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