Zhang Zong

Zhang Zong
Zhang Zong
章综
Born	May 16, 1929; Yixing, Jiangsu, China
Died	August 27, 2019 (aged 90); Beijing, China
Alma mater	National Central University
	Scientific career
Fields	Crystallography
Institutions	Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	章綜
Simplified Chinese	章综
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhāng Zōng

Zhang Zong (Chinese: 章综; 16 May 1929 – 27 August 2019) was a Chinese crystallographer and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Biography

Zhang was born in Yixing, Jiangsu, on May 16, 1929. After graduating from Nankai High School in Chongqing in July 1948, he was admitted to National Central University. After graduation, he was assigned to the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He joined the Chinese Communist Party the same year. In 1959 he went to the Semiconductor Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences to further his studies. He returned to China 1962.^[1]

In 1978, Zhang was appointed deputy director of the CAS Institute of Physics. In November 1980 he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). In 1982, he was appointed deputy director of the Division of Mathematics and Physics of the CAS, and was promoted to Director two years later.^[1]

Zhang died on August 27, 2019, in Beijing, aged 90.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 著名物理学家章综院士逝世，享年90岁 [Academician Zhang Zong, a famous physicist, died at the age of 90]. Eastday (in Chinese). 2019-08-27.
^ 中科院院士、物理学家章综病逝，享年90岁 [Zhang Zong, physicist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died at the age of 90]. guancha.cn (in Chinese). 2019-08-27.

[:0-1] 著名物理学家章综院士逝世，享年90岁 [Academician Zhang Zong, a famous physicist, died at the age of 90]. Eastday (in Chinese). 2019-08-27.

[2] 中科院院士、物理学家章综病逝，享年90岁 [Zhang Zong, physicist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died at the age of 90]. guancha.cn (in Chinese). 2019-08-27.

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