Ma Xiangbo

[1][2] Ma Xiangbo's original given name was Jianchang (建常) but was changed to Liang (良).

Ma Xiangbo was born in Dantu, Jiangsu province to a prominent Catholic family.

[1] Due to the French aggressions towards China, Ma would leave the priesthood in 1876 and eventually be married and have a family.

In 1886/87, he visited France and eventually devoted his life to higher education.

[4] Ma founded the following institutions of higher learning: His idea of establishing a highest body of learning was eventually realized in 1928 by his close friend, the educator Cai Yuanpei, who established the Academia Sinica.

Ma Xiangbo's statue at Xuhui High School
Ma Xiangbo was featured on the cover of The Young Companion magazine, #150, in April 1939. The magazine normally ran pictures of celebrity women and in war years political figures.