From 1920 to 1929, he was chairperson of Department of Meteorology, Nanjing University (formerly known as the Nanking Higher Normal School, National Southeastern University, and National Central University).
From 1936 to 1949, he served as the president of National Chekiang University (now known as Zhejiang University) and elevated the institution to one of the most prestigious universities in China. During that time, he sent manuscripts relating to the history of Chinese science to Joseph Needham in England.
coching, this, chinese, name, family, name, coching, simplified, chinese, 竺可桢, traditional, chinese, 竺可楨, pinyin, zhú, kězhēn, wade, giles, chen, march, 1890, february, 1974, chinese, geologist, meteorologist, coching, 竺可楨coching, chuborn, 1890, march, 1890sha. In this Chinese name the family name is Zhu Coching Chu simplified Chinese 竺可桢 traditional Chinese 竺可楨 pinyin Zhu Kezhen Wade Giles Chu K o chen March 7 1890 February 7 1974 was a Chinese geologist and meteorologist Coching Chu 竺可楨Coching ChuBorn 1890 03 07 March 7 1890Shangyu Shaoxing Zhejiang ChinaDiedFebruary 7 1974 1974 02 07 aged 83 Beijing ChinaNationalityChineseAlma materFudan UniversityUniversity of Illinois BSc Harvard University PhD Scientific careerFieldsMeteorologyGeologyInstitutionsNational Southeast UniversityNational Chekiang UniversityAcademia SinicaChinese Academy of SciencesThesisA New Classification of Typhoons of the Far East 1924 Former residence of Coching Chu in Nanjing Born in Shangyu Zhejiang Chu went to United States for his college education in 1910 He graduated from the College of Agriculture University of Illinois in 1913 In 1918 he received his Ph D in meteorology from Harvard University From 1920 to 1929 he was chairperson of Department of Meteorology Nanjing University formerly known as the Nanking Higher Normal School National Southeastern University and National Central University From 1929 to 1936 he served as director of the Chinese Institute of Meteorology of the Academia Sinica which at the time was located in mainland China Academia Sinica later became the predecessor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences of the People s Republic of China on mainland China and the Academia Sinica of the Republic of China on Taiwan From 1936 to 1949 he served as the president of National Chekiang University now known as Zhejiang University and elevated the institution to one of the most prestigious universities in China During that time he sent manuscripts relating to the history of Chinese science to Joseph Needham in England On October 16 1949 he was assigned to the position of vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences In 1955 he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Academic papers EditSome Chinese Contributions to Meteorology Geographical Review Vol 5 No 2 Feb 1918 pp 136 139 A New Classification of Typhoons of the Far East permanent dead link Monthly Weather Review Vol 52 No 12 Dec 1924 pp 570 579 The Place of Origin and Recurvature of Typhoons permanent dead link Monthly Weather Review Vol 53 No 1 Jan 1925 pp 1 5 The Complete Works of Coching Chu Shanghai Scientific amp Technological Education Publishing HouseFurther reading EditZuoyue Wang 1970 1980 Zhu Kezhen Dictionary of Scientific Biography Vol 25 New York Charles Scribner s Sons pp 402 405 ISBN 978 0 684 10114 9 Academic officesPreceded byZheng Xiaocang President of Zhejiang University1936 1949 Succeeded byMa Yinchu Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chu Coching amp oldid 1138268110, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
