Who's Who of American Returned Students 遊美同學錄 (1917): Vital Data

This dataset is derived from the <em>Whoʻs Who of American Returned Students </em>遊美同學錄<em> </em>[<em>Youmei Tongxue Lu</em>] published in<em> </em>Peking [Beijing] in 1917, compiled by the Returned Students’ Information Bureau (Liumei xuesheng tongxunchu 留美學生通訊處) established at Tsinghua School in 1915. This book is crucial for documenting the early <em>liumei</em>'s experiences during the transitional period between the late Qing dynasty and the early years of the Republic (1911-). The dataset provides biographical information on the 401 individuals recorded in the directory, including their multiple names, gender, date and place of birth, family situation, date of arrival in the United States, date of return, source of funding, field of study. The data has been first retrieved automatically using Natural Language Processing techniques , and then manually checked and validated by the author. The information is given in both Chinese and English. The Excel file contains two tabs, one for the data, one for the description of variables (key).本数据集源自1917年于北京（原称Peking）出版的<em>《美国归国留学生名录》</em>《游美同学录》<em>[Youmei Tongxue Lu]</em>，该书由1915年于清华学校（Tsinghua School）设立的留美学生通讯处（Returned Students’ Information Bureau，Liumei xuesheng tongxunchu）编纂。该书对于记录清末至民国初年（1911年—）的早期<em>留美</em>群体经历具有重要史料价值。本数据集收录了该名录中记载的401位人物的传记信息，涵盖其多个姓名、性别、出生日期与出生地、家庭背景、赴美时间、归国时间、资助来源以及研究领域等内容。该数据首先通过自然语言处理（Natural Language Processing）技术自动提取，随后由作者进行人工核查与验证。相关信息同时以中文与英文两种语言呈现。本Excel文件包含两个工作表，其一为数据集主体，其二为变量说明（键值表）。