Li Wenhua (ecologist)
Li Wenhua | |||
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李文华 | |||
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| Born | 15 January 1932 | ||
| Died | 23 December 2022 (aged 90) Beijing, China | ||
| Alma mater | Beijing Forestry University | ||
| Scientific career | |||
| Fields | Ecology Forestry | ||
| Institutions | Institute of Geographic Sciences and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||
| Chinese name | |||
| Simplified Chinese | 李文华 | ||
| Traditional Chinese | 李文華 | ||
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Li Wenhua (Chinese: 李文华; 15 January 1932 – 23 December 2022) was a Chinese ecologist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[1]
Biography
[edit]Li was born in Guangrao County, Shandong, on 15 January 1932.[2] After high school in 1949, he studied, then taught, at what is now Beijing Forestry University.[2] In September 1957, he pursued advanced studies in the Soviet Union, studying botany under biologist Sukachev.[2]
Li returned to China in 1961 and continued to teach at Beijing Forestry University.[2] In 1973, he became a member of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau Scientific Research Team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and in 1992 attained his role as a researcher at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Resources.[2] In 2002, he was recruited as dean of the School of Environment, Renmin University of China, and served until 2006.
On 23 December 2022, Li died in Beijing, at the age of 90.[2]
Honours and awards
[edit]- 1987 State Natural Science Award (First Class)
- 1991 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class)
- 1997 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering[3]
- 2018 Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences
References
[edit]- ^ Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (23 December 2022). 共和国三天内痛失六位两院院士. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Li Yuan (李苑) (23 December 2022). 生态学和森林学家李文华院士逝世. gmw.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Liu Li (刘莉) (6 June 2021). 李文华院士：中国需要走多元化农业发展道路. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- 1932 births
- 2022 deaths
- People from Dongying
- Scientists from Shandong
- Beijing Forestry University alumni
- Academic staff of Beijing Forestry University
- Chinese ecologists
- Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
- TWAS fellows
- 20th-century Chinese scientists
- 21st-century Chinese scientists
- Chinese university and college faculty deans