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Chinese crystallographer (1929–2019) In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Zong
章综
Born(1929-05-16)May 16, 1929
Yixing, Jiangsu, China
DiedAugust 27, 2019(2019-08-27) (aged 90)
Beijing, China
Alma materNational Central University
Scientific career
FieldsCrystallography
InstitutionsChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese章綜
Simplified Chinese章综
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng 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.

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.

Zhang died on August 27, 2019, in Beijing, aged 90.

References

  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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