Bei Shizhang
Academic
1903 – 2009
Who was Bei Shizhang?
Bei Shizhang was a Chinese biologist and educator. He was an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He was born in Zhenhai, Zhejiang province, on October 10, 1903. He was the oldest member of both the Academia Sinica and the Chinese Academy of Sciences at the time of his death. He was the founder, the first chief director and honorary director of the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He was a pioneer of Chinese cytology, embryology and the founder of Chinese biophysics. He was considered the "Father of Chinese Biophysics". The asteroid 31065 Beishizhang was named in his honour on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
He obtained his doctorate from University of Tübingen in 1928.
He died in his home in Beijing on October 29, 2009.
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