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Profesor Dato’
Wang Gungwu
rofesor Dato’ Wang Gungwu rofessor Dato’ Wang Gungwu
merupakan perintis kepada is recognised as a pioneer
PKampus Universiti Malaya di P of Universiti Malaya in Kuala
Kuala Lumpur. Beliau merupakan Lumpur. He was part of the first
kumpulan pertama pensyarah yang group of lecturers appointed at
dilantik di Kampus Lembah Pantai the Lembah Pantai Campus when
ketika Universiti Malaya di Kuala Universiti Malaya was opened in
Lumpur dibuka. Kuala Lumpur.
Profesor Wang telah dilahirkan di Surabaya, Professor Wang was born in Surabaya,
Hindia Timur Belanda (kini Indonesia) pada tahun Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) in 1930, and
1930. Beliau telah dibesarkan di Ipoh, Perak dan grew up in Ipoh, Perak. He was educated at the
menerima pendidikan awal di Sekolah Anderson, Anderson School, Ipoh, before going on to be
Ipoh. Pada tahun 1949, beliau merupakan among one of the first batches of students at the
sebahagian daripada kumpulan pelajar yang newly opened University of Malaya in Singapore
meneruskan pelajaran di Universiti Malaya. Beliau in 1949. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts,
telah memperolehi ijazah Sarjana Muda Sastera, majoring in History, and went on to complete
dan kemudiannya, ijazah Sarjana Sastera dari his MA, also at the same University. He later
Universiti yang sama. Profesor Wang kemudiannya completed his PhD at the School of Oriental and
menyambung pelajaran di School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, in 1957.
African Studies, London University pada tahun He returned to teach briefly at the University of
1957. Beliau telah kembali untuk mengajar seketika Malaya in Singapore, before moving to Kuala
di Universiti Malaya di Singapura sebelum dilantik Lumpur in 1959 when he was appointed lecturer
sebagai Pensyarah di Jabatan Sejarah, Universiti in the Department of History, Faculty of Arts.
Malaya, Kampus Kuala Lumpur pada tahun 1959.
In 1963, he was appointed Professor at the
Beliau telah dilantik sebagai Profesor pada young age of 33. He was also appointed as the
tahun 1963 pada usia hanya 33 tahun. Pada tahun fourth Dean of the Faculty of Arts. Under his
1963 juga, beliau telah dilantik sebagai Dekan
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