Yan Dongsheng

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Yan.
Yan Dongsheng
严东生せい
Born(1918-02-10)February 10, 1918
Shanghai, China
DiedSeptember 18, 2016(2016-09-18) (aged 98)
Shanghai, China
Alma materTsinghua University
Yenching University
University of Illinois
Spouse
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(m. 1943⁠–⁠2016)​
AwardsNational Prize for Natural Sciences, Third Class (1981)
National Invention Prize, First Class (1981)
Scientific career
FieldsInorganic chemistry
Materials science
InstitutionsShanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese嚴いむ東生とうせい
Simplified Chinese严东生せい

Yan Dongsheng (Chinese: 严东生せい; 10 February 1918 – 18 September 2016), also known as Tung-sheng Yen or T. S. Yen, was a Chinese inorganic chemist and material scientist. He was a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was a member of the Chinese Communist Party and Jiu San Society. He was a Standing Committee member of the 6th and 7th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[1][2]

Biography

Yan was born into an intellectual family, in Shanghai, on February 10, 1918. His father was a graduate of Peiyang University (now Tianjin University) and worked in the Beijing-Hankou Railway Administration as an engineer. His mother was an alumna of Hangzhou Woman Normal College.[3] Yan attended Beijing Chongde High School, during that time, he developed an interest in science and English. In 1935 he studied chemistry at the beginning in Tsinghua University, but transferred to Yenching University two year later. After graduation, he worked there as a teaching assistant under his mentor Zhang Zigao.

In 1941, the Pacific War broke out, because of the university suspended for the war, Yan was employed in Private China University alongside Zhang Zigao. The next year, he was employed in Tangshan Kailuan Refractories Company (唐山からやま开滦耐火たいか材料ざいりょう厂) as an engineer.

In 1946, he pursued advanced studies in the United States. Yan earned a PhD from the University of Illinois in 1949 and did postdoctoral work in the United States in 1950.[4] He returned to China later in 1950.[4]

He returned to China in 1950 and that year became a researcher at the Institute of Metallurgy and Ceramics of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (中国科学院ちゅうごくかがくいん上海しゃんはい冶金やきん陶すえ瓷研究所けんきゅうじょ). Then he was promoted to director in 1954. He joined the Jiu San Society in 1956.[5] In 1960s he became the vice-president of the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院ちゅうごくかがくいん上海しゃんはい硅酸けいさん盐研究所けんきゅうじょ).

During the Cultural Revolution, he was labeled a "reactionary authority" (反はん动学术权威い) and suffered political persecution.[6][7]

In 1976, Hua Guofeng and Ye Jianying overthrew the Gang of Four, he was rehabilitated. That same year, he served as president of the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and vice-president of the Shanghai Branch of Chinese Academy of Science. In 1977, he was invited to attend the National Working Conference on Science and Education (全国ぜんこく科か教きょう工作こうさく座ざ谈会), which was presided by the comeback politician Deng Xiaoping. Yan was elected vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1981, and three years later promoted to First Vice-president and Party Group Secretary positions.

In his later years, he served as special advisor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, honorary president of the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, chairman of the Chinese Chemical Society, honorary chairman of the China Ceramic Society, adjunct professor of Tianjin University, honorary president of Shanghai University, and president of the Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association.

On September 18, 2016, he died of illness in Shanghai, aged 98.

Personal life

In 1943 Yan married his classmate Sun Birou, who is a scientist and professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.[7]

Awards

  • Third Prize of the National Prize for Natural Sciences (1981)
  • First Prize of the National Invention Prize (1981)

See also

References

  1. ^ 中国ちゅうごく无机材料ざいりょう科学かがく技わざ术的奠基人じん、两院资深院いん士し严东生せい逝世. 163.com (in Chinese). 2016-09-18.
  2. ^ 中国ちゅうごく国宝こくほう级专家か严东生せい去さ世よ 系けい无机材料ざいりょう学がく奠基人じん. Tencent (in Chinese). 2016-09-18.
  3. ^ 两院院いん士し严东生せい：人生じんせい辛苦しんく半はん九きゅう十じゅう. sina (in Chinese). 2009-08-04.
  4. ^ a b Lampton, David M. (2024). Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-5381-8725-8.
  5. ^ 严东生せい. Jiu San Society (in Chinese). 2015-12-15. Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
  6. ^ 我わが与あずか材料ざいりょう科学かがく大だい师严东生院いん士し. Xinhua News (in Chinese). 2009-09-23. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014. 严先生せんせい虽然在ざい文革ぶんかく中ちゅう被ひ戴上了りょう"反はん动学术权威い"的てき帽子ぼうし，受到了りょう很大的てき冲击，但ただし他た无怨无悔，他た誓言せいげん要よう将はた耽ふけ误的时间追おい回かい来らい，于是他た拼命的てき工作こうさく。
  7. ^ a b 孙璧媃教授与じゅよ交大化学かがく一起走过的岁月. sjtu.edu.cn (in Chinese). 2009-11-26. Archived from the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
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