University of Nanking(金陵大学) is a Christian university founded in 1888 in Nanjing, China. It was originally named The Nanking University(汇文书院, HuiWen Academy in Chinese). In 1910, Huiwen Academy merged HongYu Academy (宏育书院, formed by the merger of Christ Academy(基督书院, founded in 1891) and YiZhi Academy(益智书院, founded in 1894) in 1900) and changed the name to be Private University of Nanking(金陵大学). It was initially registered with New York State Education Department. In 1951, Ginling College (former Ginling Women University established in 1913) merged into University of Nanking. In 1952, University of Nanking was merged with Nanjing University(南京大学).

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• Charles W. Woodworth, Professor Emeritus and founder of the Entomology Division U.C. Berkeley (1891-1930) was a lecturer in Entomology during his sabbatical in 1918. He was there then again between 1921-4. See the C. W. Woodworth Award.

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• Nanjing University