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Mr. George Wan was born at Nanchang, Kiangsi province, in 1890. He was a Pa Kung or Senior Licentiate under the Ching Dynasty educational system. Subsequently he entered the Peking Imperial University to receive an education along modern lines, graduating in 1910. After graduation Mr. Wan was appointed by the Imperial government a Chou P’an or Second Class Assistant Department Magistrate in Kiangsu in which province he held different positions until 1914 when he was called to revise the Provisional Constitution as adopted by the Nanking Provisional government in 1911-12, Mr. Wan was appointed first as Secretary and later as Chief Secretary to the Council which adopted the New Provisional Constitution in May 1914. Subsequently Mr. Wan went to America and entered Johns Hopkins University from which he received the degree of A. B. in 1916; M. A. in 1917; and LL.B. in 1919 from Harvard University.