Li Shu-hua
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Li Shu-hua was a Chinese
physical scientist from Peking University
and educator came from Qinhuangdao
, Hebei
.
He worked at Academia Sinica
and the Ministry of Education
of the Republic of China
.
He went to France
in 1922 and received a doctorate degree, before back to China.
In 1949, he became a Chinese expatriates in France, Germany
and later the United States
. He died in New York
in 1979.
(Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1912), Gabriel Lippmann
(Nobel, 1908) and Marie Curie
. He also worked in the lab of Jean Perrin (Nobel 1926). In 1926 he was awarded the "officier de la Legion d' Honneur" by the French Government. He was twice elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chinese Society of Physics, and once of the Chinese Society of Astronomers. He served on the Boards of Directors of the Beijing Natural History Museum and the Beijing National Central Museum. From The Reminiscences of Li Shu-Hua as told to Minta Chou Wang, 1960-61, as part of Columbia University's Chinese Oral History Project.
China
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physical scientist from Peking University
Peking University
Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...
and educator came from Qinhuangdao
Qinhuangdao
Qinhuangdao is a port city in northeastern Hebei province of North China. It is about 300 km east of Beijing, on the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea....
, Hebei
Hebei
' is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province that included what is now southern Hebei...
.
He worked at Academia Sinica
Academia Sinica
The Academia Sinica , headquartered in the Nangang District of Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan. It supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from mathematical and physical sciences, to life sciences, and to humanities and social sciences.Academia Sinica has...
and the Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education (Republic of China)
The Ministry of Education of the Republic of China is responsible for incorporating educational policies and managing public schools throughout the Free Area of the Republic of China. The ministry is a cabinet level governmental body of the Executive Yuan...
of the Republic of China
Republic of China
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.
He went to France
France
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in 1922 and received a doctorate degree, before back to China.
In 1949, he became a Chinese expatriates in France, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and later the United States
United States
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. He died in New York
New York
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in 1979.
Background
Li Shu-Hua studied under a number of renowned professors, among them Paul SabatierPaul Sabatier
Paul Sabatier , was a French clergyman and historian who produced the first modern biography of St. Francis of Assisi. He is the brother of Auguste Sabatier....
(Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1912), Gabriel Lippmann
Gabriel Lippmann
Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann was a Franco-Luxembourgish physicist and inventor, and Nobel laureate in physics for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference....
(Nobel, 1908) and Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...
. He also worked in the lab of Jean Perrin (Nobel 1926). In 1926 he was awarded the "officier de la Legion d' Honneur" by the French Government. He was twice elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chinese Society of Physics, and once of the Chinese Society of Astronomers. He served on the Boards of Directors of the Beijing Natural History Museum and the Beijing National Central Museum. From The Reminiscences of Li Shu-Hua as told to Minta Chou Wang, 1960-61, as part of Columbia University's Chinese Oral History Project.