86 years ago today, on November 4, 1939 (September 23, 1939 lunar calendar), Ma Xiangbo, a centenarian educator, passed away. On November 4, 1939, Ma Xiangbo, a centenarian educator and founder of Fudan University, passed away. Ma Xiangbo, formerly known as Jianchang, also known as Liang. Born in 1840, he was a native of Dantu, Jiangsu. Catholic. He joined the Jesuit Society in 1862 and received a doctorate in theology. He was promoted to priest in 1869. In his early years, he served as the president of Shanghai Xuhui Public School and counselor of the Qing government embassy in Japan. In 1903, he founded Aurora College and in 1905, Fudan Public School. In 1907, he participated in the political news agency organized by Liang Qichao. After the 1911 Revolution, he once acted as the president of Peking University. After the September 18 Incident in 1931, he actively participated in anti-Japanese and national salvation activities in Shanghai In 1937, the Anti-Japanese War broke out and he was appointed as a member of the Kuomintang government. He died of illness in Lang Son, Vietnam on November 4, 1939. Collection of "Mr. Ma Xiangbo's Papers".