Wang Shouguan
Wang Shouguan | |||||||
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| Born | January 15, 1923 | ||||||
| Died | January 28, 2021 (aged 98) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Mawei Naval School Royal Naval College, Greenwich | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Astrophysics | ||||||
| Institutions | Purple Mountain Observatory Xujiahui Observatory Beijing Astronomical Observatory | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 王綬琯 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 王绶琯 | ||||||
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Wang Shouguan (Chinese: 王绶琯; 15 January 1923 – 28 January 2021) was a Chinese astronomer, president and honorary president of the Chinese Astronomical Society.[1][2] He was hailed as one of the founders of modern astrophysics and radio astronomy in China.[1][2] He was a delegate to the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th National People's Congress.[1][2]
Biography[edit]
Wang was born in Fuzhou, Fujian, on January 15, 1923.[1][2] His uncle worked in the Republic of China Navy.[3] In 1936, at the age of 13, he entered Mawei Naval School, he studied navigation at the beginning, but switched to shipbuilding later because of myopia.[1][2][3] After graduating in 1943, he worked at a factory for a year.[1][2] In 1945, he pursued advanced studies in the United Kingdom, where he studied at the Shipbuilding Class, Royal Naval College, Greenwich.[1][2] In 1950 he switched to astronomy, and was hired as an assistant astronomer at the University of London.[1][2]
Wang returned to China in 1953.[1][2] He successively worked at the Purple Mountain Observatory, Xujiahui Observatory, and Beijing Astronomical Observatory.[1][2] In 1981, he became deputy director of the Department of Mathematical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, rising to director in 1994.[1][2] In October 1993, the asteroid with international code 3171 was named "Wangshouguan".[1][2]
On January 28, 2021, he died of illness in Beijing, aged 98.[1][2][4]
Honours and awards[edit]
- 1980 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)[1][2]
- 1996 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
- 1998 Member of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Yu Hanqi (虞涵棋); Wang Xinxin (王心馨) (29 January 2021). 中国射电天文奠基人王绶琯院士逝世，享年98岁 [Academician Wang Shouguan, founder of radio astronomy in China, dies at the age of 98]. thepaper.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Sun Zifa (孙自法) (29 January 2021). 中国射电天文学开创者王绶琯院士逝世 享年98岁 [Academician Wang Shouguan, founder of radio astronomy in China, dies at the age of 98]. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ a b 巨星陨落！王绶琯院士逝世，他是“能听懂星星说话的人” [Star fall! Academician Wang Shouguan passed away, he was "a man who can understand stars"]. qq.com (in Chinese). 29 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ 著名天文学家、中国科学院院士王绶琯逝世 [Wang Shouguan, a famous astronomer and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is dead]. sina (in Chinese). 29 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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- 1923 births
- 2021 deaths
- People from Fuzhou
- Graduates of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
- Chinese astrophysicists
- Scientists from Fujian
- Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Delegates to the 5th National People's Congress
- Delegates to the 6th National People's Congress
- Delegates to the 7th National People's Congress
- Delegates to the 8th National People's Congress