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Wang Shouguan
Chinese astronomer (1923–2021) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Biography
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]
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Honours and awards
- 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
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