People · industrialist, philanthropist
Sir Horace Kadoorie
贺理士·嘉道理Hèlǐshì Jiādàolǐ · 1902–1995
Elly Kadoorie's younger son (1902-1995), who founded the Shanghai Jewish Youth Association in 1937 and was in Shanghai until 1948.
Horace Kadoorie (贺理士·嘉道理, Hèlǐshì Jiādàolǐ) was born in 1902, the younger son of Elly Kadoorie. In February 1937 he founded the Shanghai Jewish Youth Association after finding underfed, tubercular children at the Shanghai Jewish School; its school became the largest Jewish school in the city and was known as the Kadoorie School. During the occupation he lived with his father at Marble Hall. He visited Hong Kong in 1948 and never returned to Shanghai. With his brother Lawrence he founded the Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Association in 1951. He died in 1995.
Part of: Kadoorie family嘉道理家族
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- Kadoorie family嘉道理家族Younger son; founded the Shanghai Jewish Youth Association in 1937
- Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie劳伦斯·嘉道理Brother
Sir Elly Kadoorie艾利·嘉道理Son of Elly Kadoorie; stayed with him at Marble Hall in 1944
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Sources
- 1.Horace Kadoorie (Wikipedia) (Horace Kadoorie), Wikimedia Foundation — Early life; SJYA; KAAA; honours; deathwikipedia
- 2.The Lost Records Revealed: Hong Kong Heritage Project's Jewish Collection (The Lost Records Revealed: Hong Kong Heritage Project's Jewish Collection), Amelia Allsop, eJewishPhilanthropy, 2011 — paragraph on the SJYAarticle
- 3.Tour Report: Inside Marble Hall, The Kadoorie Mansion (Tour Report: Inside Marble Hall, The Kadoorie Mansion), Historic Shanghai — wartime section; closing sectionwebsite