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| Born | Lee Jung-sum (1939-10-23)23 October 1939 | ||||||||||
| Died | 3 September 2008(2008-09-03) (aged 68) Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||
| Other names | Peter Li Chung-sum | ||||||||||
| Education | PhD[1] | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | La Salle College University of Minnesota University of Hong Kong[1] | ||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | meteorologist,electrical engineer | ||||||||||
| Employer | Hong Kong Observatory (former) | ||||||||||
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| Children | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||
| Event | 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
| College team | La Salle Fencing Team | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 李忠琛 | ||||||||||
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Peter Lee Jung-sum (23 October 1939 – 3 September 2008), was a former assistant director ofHong Kong Observatory. He was the elder brother ofBruce Lee.
Born inHong Kong on 23 October 1939, Lee was the eldest son ofLee Hoi-chuen andGrace Ho. He attended theLa Salle College where he excelled in his studies and sports. He startedfencing and influenced his brother Bruce to take up fencing lessons with him when Bruce was around 11 to 14.
Lee was a world-class fencer and in March 1958 won the championship in the first Inter-School Fencing Competition. In July 1958, he joined José Marçal, Pedro Marçal, Reuben Lynn, and Hung Hak-yau on theHong Kong fencing team for the1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[2] He won in round 1 but did not reach the quarter-finals,[3] while Hung became a finalist in the individual foil event.
In May 1959, Lee joined Bruce inSeattle for a short stay and proceeded toMinnesota to further his studies. He later graduated from theUniversity of Minnesota and returned to Hong Kong. In 1983, Lee completed his PhD at the Department of Electrical Engineering at theUniversity of Hong Kong. The title of his doctoral thesis was "A ground clutter processor for the Royal Observatory's 10-cm meteorological radar".[1]
In the 1960s, Lee taught for a while at La Salle College and joined theRoyal Observatory Hong Kong as its assistant director, where he contributed significantly to the technical development of the observatory's detection of tropicalcyclones. He was also the coach of the La Salle Fencing Team beginning 1968, with eleven Inter-School Fencing Championship wins in thirteen years.
Upon his retirement, Lee moved his family first toNew Zealand, and later toMelbourne,Australia. He died of a heart attack in his home on 3 September 2008.[4] Lee was cremated and his ashes were brought back to Hong Kong.
Lee's younger brothers are martial artist and actorBruce Lee and musicianRobert Lee. Through the marriage of Bruce andLinda Lee Cadwell, he was the uncle of American actorsBrandon Lee andShannon Lee.
Lee marriedEunice Lam in 1966, and had a son Lee Hoi-ho (李凱豪). Lee and Lam divorced in 1971 due to personality differences. He later earned aPhD from theUniversity of Hong Kong. In 1980 he marriedMiss Hong Kong 1975 winnerMary Cheung, and they had a son Lee Wai-ho (李偉豪) and a daughter Lee Yuk-yee (李珏頤). Lee and Cheung divorced in 1995.[5]
Lee was portrayed by Wang Gongyi in the 2008 television seriesThe Legend of Bruce Lee.
The adult Lee was portrayed by Hong Kong singerCharles Ying, and ten-year-old Peter was portrayed by the child actor Wei Zi-li in the 2010 Hong Kong filmBruce Lee, My Brother.[6]
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