George Hogg

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1915 – 1945

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Who was George Hogg?

George Aylwin Hogg was a British adventurer. He was a graduate of Oxford University in economics. He is known as a hero in China for saving 60 orphaned boys during the Second Sino-Japanese War, including leading them 700 miles through dangerous mountain passes, escaping the approaching Japanese secret police in the Shaanxi area.

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Born
1915
Harpenden
Ethnicity
  • English people
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Education
  • St. George's School
  • University of Oxford
    Economics
  • Wadham College, Oxford
Lived in
  • Harpenden
  • Shaanxi
  • Gansu
Died
Jul 1, 1945
Gansu

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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