Today in History-August 2, 2022

Today in History-August 2, 2022

Published on Aug 2
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<span><br></span><span><br></span><span><br></span><p style="color:#333333;font-weight:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:30px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;hyphens:auto;text-align:justify;"><span>On August 2, 1918, Johnston began to serve as the teacherof the last emperor Puyi</span></p><p style="color:#333333;font-weight:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:30px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;hyphens:auto;text-align:justify;" data-flag="normal">Johnston was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1874. He graduated fromEdinburgh University and Oxford University, majoring in Modern History, EnglishLiterature and Jurisprudence. In 1898, Johnston was admitted to the BritishColonial Department after fierce competition, and was sent to Hong Kong as anOriental trainee in the same year. Due to his excellent Chinese proficiency,Johnston has been promoted continuously in the British Hong Kong government,and successively served as assistant to the auxiliary secretary and privatesecretary o...