honorific_prefix caption resting_place death_date death_place children birth_place honorific_suffix parents birth_date known_for spouse image article_title education name occupation alma_mater
dr. lim boon keng bidadari cemetery 1 january 1957 singapore '' ' '' ` sons : '' ' robert kho-seng francis ' kho-beng walter kho-leng john kho-liau '' ' -lrb- born to -lrb- grace yin -rrb- '' ' '' ` son '' ' born : lim peng han to margaret huang -rrb- '' penang , malaya obe lim thean geow -lrb- father -rrb- 18 october 1868 promoting social and educational reforms in singapore margaret huang grace yin boonkeng.jpg lim boon keng
 mbbs -lrb- hons -rrb- lim boon keng physician , social activist edinburgh university
lim boon keng

dr. lim boon keng -lrb- 18 october 1868 -- 1 january 1957 -rrb- , , was a chinese physician who promoted social and educational reforms in singapore in the early 20th century .
lim was of peranakan descent , with ancestry from hai teng district in fujian , china .
