James Munro Bertram (11 August 1910 – 24 August 1993) was a New Zealand Rhodes scholar, a journalist, writer, relief worker, prisoner of war and a university professor.
Read more about James Munro Bertram: Early Life and Influences, Oxford, Peking, Xi'an Incident, Yan'an and The North China Front, Relief Work and Mme Sun Yat-sen, Prisoner-of-war, Far Eastern Commission, Repatriation To New Zealand, China Relief Work, Support For New Zealand Literature, Asian Studies Advocacy, Return Visits To China, Political Views, Christian Belief, James Bertram Scholarship
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