Jikukatei - Jikukatei

Japanese: 竺可楨 - じくかてい

1890‐1974
Modern Chinese scientist. Born in Shangyu, Zhejiang Province, he initially studied civil engineering, but in 1910 went to the United States to study agriculture at the University of Illinois and meteorology at Harvard University, returning to China in 1918. After teaching in Wuchang and Nanjing, he was invited to Academia Sinica in 1928, where he presided over the Meteorological Research Institute and established meteorological observation facilities throughout the country. In 1936 he became president of Zhejiang University, and worked hard to maintain and operate the university even during the war. As soon as the People's Republic was founded in October 1949, he went to Beijing and became vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, becoming one of the leading academic figures.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1890‐1974
中国，現代の科学者。浙江省上虞に生まれ，はじめ土木工学を学んだが，1910年にアメリカに留学し，イリノイ大学で農業，ハーバード大学で気象学を学び，18年に帰国した。武昌，南京で教職に就いたあと，28年には中央研究院に招かれ，気象研究所を主宰するとともに，全国にわたる気象観測の施設を整備した。36年に浙江大学長となり，戦時中もこの大学の維持運営に努力した。49年10月に人民共和国が成立するや，北京に赴いて中国科学院副院長となり，学界の指導者の一人となった。

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