Alameda County CA Archives Obituaries.....Fryer, John July 2, 1928
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Oakland Tribune, July 3, 1928
Oakland Tribune
July 3, 1928 (Tuesday)
Page 2, Column 6.

“PROF. FRYER, U. C. LANGUAGE EXPERT, DEAD.

Was World Authority on Oriental Tongues; Honored by Chinese for Translations of 
Alien Books.

BERKELEY, July 3.  Professor John Fryer, 88 years old, and emeritus professor 
of Oriental languages and letters at the University of California, is dead 
today [July 2] after an illness of four months at his home, 2620 Durant avenue.

Professor Fryer was a world authority on Chinese letters and sciences.  He was 
one of the few white men in history to be honored by Chinese with membership in 
the Society of the Double Dragon, to which he was elected in 1898 to the first 
rank, third degree.

His services were valued to such an extent by the Chinese government that he 
was made head of the department that translates foreign books into Chinese, 
where he served from 1867 to 1876.  As head of the department at Shanghai he 
became the friend of many of the highest rank in Chinese life.

Professor Fryer was born in Hythe, Kent, England, on August 6, 1839.  He was 
married twice, his first wife dying in England in 1879.  In 1882 he married 
Miss Anna Eliza Nelson of New York City.

In 1895 the professor was appointed to the University of California staff on 
which he served until his retirement in 1919.  He was a member of a large 
number of literary and scientific societies both in the United States and 
abroad.

Professor Fryer is survived by a daughter, Mrs. M. C. Threlkeld [?], of San 
Francisco and two sons, Charles E[dmund], of McGill University, Montreal, and 
George B. of Shanghai.

The funeral will be held Thursday at 3:30 from Grace Unitarian church.” END 

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Oakland Tribune
July 4, 1928 (Wednesday)
Page 31, Column 8.

“FRYER – In Berkeley, July 2, 1928, Prof. John Fryer, beloved father of Annie 
Fryer Threlkeld; Charles E. and George B. Fryer, age 88 years, 10 months, 26 
days.

Friends are respectfully invited to attend funeral services Thursday, July 5th, 
at 3:30 o’clock p.m. at First Unitarian church cor. Dana and Bancroft Way.  
Friends may call at chapel of Edward E. Niehaus Co., 2640 Grove street at Derby 
St., Berkeley, until 2:30 o’clock p.m. Thursday.  Interment Mt. View Cemetery 
[in Oakland].” END 

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Oakland Tribune
July 5, 1928 (Thursday)
Page 13, Column 2.

“RITES SAID FOR DR. JOHN FRYER.

BERKELEY, July 5.  Rites were said at the Berkeley First Unitarian church this 
afternoon for Dr. John Fryer, professor emeritus of oriental languages and 
literature at the University of California, who died Tuesday at his home, 2620 
Durant avenue.

Officials at the institution which Dr. Fryer served for so many years and old 
family friends were honorary pallbearers.  They were President W. W. Campbell, 
Prof. C. R. Bradley, Wallace Wood, Ralph Fisher, Col. George D. Edwards and 
Judge A[ustin] A[lanson] Sanderson. Rev. E. C. Vandoriann, pastor of the 
church, read the service.

Dr. Fryer, who was 83, had been for 34 years [sic sentence]. Since 1912 he has 
been on the retired list.  He was an international authority on his subject, 
and in 1911 he toured China as a special commissioner for the university 
regents to investigate educational reforms in that country.” END

Additional Comments:
Note that there are three articles above, all from the Oakland Tribune, about 
the death and funeral of Dr. John Fryer.

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