Sun Yat-sen walking with John Cornelius Griggs and Morris Cohen

Sun Yat-sen walking with John Cornelius Griggs and Morris Cohen

Collection

Thompson, John

Identifier

Th-n04

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Th-n04. John Cornelius Griggs is the maternal grandfather of John Griggs Thompson, the mathematician. The man behind Sun Yat-sen (and in the middle of this photograph) is SYS's body guard, Moishe (Morris) 'Two-gun' Cohen (1887-1970).  See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Cohen_(adventurer).  See also Fu-n157, Th-n05, Th-n06.

Location

Guangzhou

Estimated Date

1919-1922

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph