Joseph Needham
Historian, Author
1900 – 1995
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Who was Joseph Needham?
Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham, CH, FRS, FBA, also known as Li Yuese, was a British scientist, historian and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1941, and as a fellow of the British Academy in 1971. In 1992, the Queen conferred on him the Companionship of Honour and the Royal Society noted he was the only living person to hold these three titles.
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- Born
- Dec 6, 1900
London - Spouses
- Dorothy M. Needham
(1924/09/13 - ) - Lu Gwei-djen
(1989 - )
- Dorothy M. Needham
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- University of Cambridge
- Oundle School
- Died
- Mar 24, 1995
Cambridge
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on July 23, 2013
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