Zhu Xianmo

Zhu Xianmo (simplified Chinese: 朱显谟; traditional Chinese: 朱顯謨; pinyin: Zhū Xiănmó; Wade–Giles: Chu Hsien-mo; December 4, 1915 – October 11, 2017) was a Chinese agronomist.[1][2][3][4] Zhu was a member of the Chinese Communist Party. He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1998. He was a member of the 5th and 6th Shaanxi Provincial CPC Committee.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhu.
Zhu Xianmo
Born(1915-12-04)December 4, 1915
Chongming, Shanghai, China
DiedOctober 11, 2017(2017-10-11) (aged 101)
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
NationalityChinese
EducationShanghai High School
Alma materNational Central University
Scientific career
FieldsAgrology
InstitutionsNorthwest Agriculture and Forestry University
Institute of Water and Soil Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Conservancy
InfluencesHou Guangjiong

Biography

Zhu was born December 4, 1915 in Chongming, Shanghai. After high school, he entered National Central University. After the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out in 1937, the university evacuated to Chongqing, he received financial aid from Fan Cunzhong, a professor at National Central University. In 1940 he was assigned to Jiangxi Geological Survey and then was transferred to Central Geological Survey. At this time, he went to Jiangxi to do a soil survey with his teacher Hou Guangjiong. After the establishment of the Communist State, he worked at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. In 1959, under the policy call to support the Great Northwest, he worked at the Institute of Water and Soil Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Conservancy. In 1991 he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. On October 11, 2017, he died of illness in Xi'an, Shaanxi.[5]

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References
  1. "China cleans silt-clogged Yellow River". GMW. 2017-10-13.
  2. 102岁朱显谟院士逝世. iFeng (in Chinese). 2017-10-14.
  3. 土壤学与水土保持专家朱显谟院士逝世. sina (in Chinese). 2017-10-14.
  4. 西农大百岁院士朱显谟逝世. 163.com (in Chinese). 2017-10-13.
  5. 昨天两位院士去世　一天之内损失两位大国巨匠！. chinaso.com (in Chinese). 2017-10-12.
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