Eric Henry Liddell (1902-1945), a Tianjin-born Englishman, completed his study in Great Britain and broke the male world record for the 400 meter run in the 8th Olympic Games in 1924. He came back to Tianjin the next year and worked as the teacher in Xinxue Middle School. Besides, he has attended the anti-Japanese bush fighting in central Hebei province. In 1945, he died in Japanese concentration camp in Weifang, Shandong province.