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Children
  
2

Succeeded by
  
Sir Alan Fersht


Preceded by
  
Neil McKendrick

Succeeded by
  
Sir William Ehrman

Name
  
Christopher Hum

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Born
  
January 27, 1946 (age 78) (
1946-01-27
)

Alma mater
  
Pembroke College, Cambridge

Education
  
Pembroke College, Cambridge

Preceded by
  
Sir Anthony Galsworthy

Sir christopher hum the 21st century does not belong to china


Sir Christopher Owen Hum (born 27 January 1946) is the former UK Ambassador to the People's Republic of China and Master of a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Education

Hum was educated at Berkhamsted School, a boarding independent school for boys in Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, followed by Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge, where he read modern languages, and is now an Honorary Fellow.

Life and career

Hum was Her Majesty's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from the years 2002–2006. On 16 January 2006, he became the 41st Master of Gonville and Caius College, one of the oldest colleges of the University of Cambridge, until October 2012.

Personal life

Hum is married with two children.

References

Christopher Hum Wikipedia