Zhao Taimou

Zhao was born in Qingzhou, Shandong in 1889.

In 1914, he entered the English Department of Peking University. In 1919, he entered Columbia University to study literature and continued to the graduate school there to specialize in drama. During the May Thirtieth Movement in 1925, he returned to China at the same time as Wen Yiduo, Yu Shangyuan and Liang Shiqiu.{{Cite book |last=Bai |first=Tianpeng |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/857635724 |title=Wu zheng fu zhu yi pai |others=Chenghao Jin |year=2013 |isbn=978-7-5445-2657-9 |edition=Di 1 ban |pages=481 |oclc=857635724}}

Zhao served as a professor and head of the Department of Drama at Beijing Art College. He also lectured drama theory courses at Peking University. He was appointed the first president of Shandong University.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Zhao became a professor of foreign languages at Shandong University. He also became a member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Shandong Provincial Committee.{{Cite book |last=Wang |first=Zhimin |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/500980967 |title=Shandong zhong yao li shi ren wu |publisher=Shandong ren min chu ban she |year=2009 |isbn=978-7-209-05033-3 |edition=Di 1 ban |pages=156–157 |oclc=500980967}}

In 1958, when Shandong University moved from Qingdao to Jinan, he stayed in Qingdao and became a professor of foreign languages at Shandong Ocean College (present-day Ocean University of China).

In 1968, Zhao committed suicide by jumping into the ocean.

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{{succession box | before = Yang Zhensheng | title = President of Shandong University | years = 1932–1936 | after = Lin Jiqing }}

{{succession box | before = Lin Jiqing | title = President of Shandong University | years = 1946–1949 | after = Hua Gang }}

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Category:1889 births

Category:1968 deaths

Category:Presidents of Shandong University

Category:National University of Peking alumni

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