Harry Wu

Harry Wu was an American, Chinese and Taiwanese geologist, autobiographer, human rights defender, university teacher and writer (1937–2016). He was born at Shanghai and died at Honduras.

Overview

Born at Shanghai in 1937, died at Honduras in 2016.

Career and activity

Harry Wu worked in human rights, concentration camp and forced labor.

He was employed by China University of Geosciences.

Catalogued works

15 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1943 to 2021.

Retour au Laogai. La Vérité sur les camps de le mort. Vientos Amargos. Bittere kou. Bitter winds, dated 1994. Chicago, dated 1950, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1983.65. Detroit, dated 1943, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1959.876. Barbara with Mask, Chicago, dated c. 1955, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1994.850. 1992 World's Fair, Chicago, Illinois: Pespective Rendering of Ferris Wheel, Looking West through Navy Pier Atrium, dated 1977, ink on tracing paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1982.758. Mad by the millions : mental disorders and the early years of the World Health Organization / Harry Yi-Jui Wu., dated [2021], held by Wellcome Collection. PCR cloning protocols / edited by Bing-Yuan Chen and Harry W. Janes., dated [2002], held by Wellcome Collection. Papers of M H F Wilkins: correspondence with Francis Crick, chiefly relating to past and present DNA research, dated 1966-1976, held by Wellcome Collection. Immunology Correspondence: W, dated 1977-1991, held by Wellcome Collection. All about science : philosophy, history, sociology & communication / Maria Burguete, Bento da Rocha Cabral Institute for Scientific Research, Portugal, Lui Lam, San Jose State University, USA, editors., dated [2014], held by Wellcome Collection. Biomedical ethics : opposing viewpoints / Tamara L. Roleff, book editor., dated [1998], held by Wellcome Collection. Preventive nutrition : the comprehensive guide for health professionals / Adrianne Bendich, Richard J. Deckelbaum, editors., dated [2015], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

9 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Harry Wu, Saudi Arabia, 2020. us-pressure-needed-for-the-release-of-harry-wu-july-10-1995-3-pp, Human Rights Documents online. Hosier, Harry “Black Harry”, African American Studies Center, 2006. Harry Bridges’s Australia, Australia’s Harry Bridges, Frontiers of Labor, 2018. Harry Halim, Paris, Harry Halim, Paris, 2011. Multivariate models improve accuracy of genomic prediction for spring frost tolerance in Norway spruce, The Plant Genome, 2025. Sociocultural Factors That Potentially Affect the Institution of Prevention and Treatment Strategies for Hepatitis B in Chinese Canadians, Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2009. Deprescribing in the Older Patient: A Narrative Review of Challenges and Solutions, International Journal of General Medicine, 2021. Diurnal effects of polypharmacy with high drug burden index on physical activities over 23 h differ with age and sex, Scientific Reports, 2022.

Digitised editions and texts

1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.

Switch Holder (5324033) (2022) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 19 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Harry Wu studied at China University of Geosciences. the recorded working language is English and Chinese.

The field of work recorded is human rights, concentration camp and forced labor.

Employment is recorded with China University of Geosciences.

Distinctions recorded are Geuzenpenning and Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders.

Chronology

  1. 1937Harry Wu born at Shanghai.
  2. 1943Detroit (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  3. 1950Chicago (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  4. 1994Bitter winds.
  5. 2016Harry Wu died at Honduras.
  6. 2022Switch Holder (5324033) digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Harry Wu”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q700353: Harry Wu

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