Liao Shantao

Liao Shantao (simplified Chinese: 廖山涛; traditional Chinese: 廖山濤; pinyin: Liào Shāntāo; 4 January 1920 - 6 June 1997) was a Chinese mathematician.

Liao Shantao
Born(1920-01-04)January 4, 1920
Hengshan County, Hunan, China
DiedJune 6, 1997(1997-06-06) (aged 77)
Beijing, China
NationalityChinese
Alma materNational Southwestern Associated University
University of Chicago
Spouse(s)Wang Hongyi
Children3
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsChinese Academy of Sciences
Doctoral advisorShiing-Shen Chern
InfluencesShiing-Shen Chern
Norman Steenrod
InfluencedWen Lan
Zhang Zhusheng
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liao.

Biography

Liao was born into a family of farming background on January 4, 1920, in Hengshan County, Hunan. His father was Liao Zihao (Chinese: 廖子豪) and his mother was Zeng Ping (Chinese: 曾平).He has a great grandson called Leo Liao. He attended Mingde Middle School and Changsha No. 1 High School in Changsha, capital of Hunan province.[1][2] In 1938 he was accepted to National Southwestern Associated University and graduated in 1941. After graduation, he taught at Mingde Middle School. He moved to Peking University in 1946 as an associate professor and then to Academia Sinica as a research assistant in 1948. He pursued advanced studies in the United States, earning his doctor's degree from the University of Chicago in 1952. His doctoral dissertation was directed by Shiing-Shen Chern.[3] He did post-doctoral research at Princeton University from 1953 to 1955.

Liao gave up the job that mathematician Norman Steenrod had arranged for him in scientific research at Princeton University and returned to China in 1956 as a professor at Peking University.[4]

In 1986 he was elected a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences.

In 1991 he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Personal life

Liao married Wang Hongyi (Chinese: 汪鸿仪) in 1942, the couple had three sons.

Awards
  • 1982 Second Class Prize of State Natural Science Award
  • 1988 First Class Prize of State Natural Science Award

References
  1. 湖南明德中学校长被查 明德中学拥辉煌校史(图). youth.cn (in Chinese). 2015.
  2. 湖南省长沙市第一中学著名校友汇总 (in Chinese). 2012-09-05.
  3. 陈省身：带你“走进美妙的数学花园”. gmw.cn (in Chinese). 2015-12-03.
  4. 北京大学档案馆获赠廖山涛教授珍贵档案. sohu (in Chinese). 2016-11-18.
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