Hsioh-ren Wei
Politician, Deceased Person
1899 – 1987
Who was Hsioh-ren Wei?
Hsioh-Ren Wei was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu. He entered the Private University of Nanking in 1918 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1922.
In 1925, he received a scholarship to pursue graduate studies in physics at the University of Chicago.
In 1928, upon obtaining a doctoral degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, he returned to China and became a physics professor at the Private University of Nanking as China's first nuclear-physicist.
In 1929, he became the founding dean of science at Private University of Nanking.
Later in his career, he served for several years as the representative of the Republic of China on the United Nations Security Council.
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- Born
- 1899
- Profession
- Education
- University of Chicago
- Died
- 1987
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on July 23, 2013
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