Zhao Qiguo (Chinese: 赵其国; 25 February 1930 – 3 January 2023) was a Chinese soil scientist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1] He was president of the Soil Science Society of China from 1987 to 1995.[2]
Zhao Qiguo | |||||||
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赵其国 | |||||||
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| Born | 25 February 1930 | ||||||
| Died | 3 January 2023 (aged 92) | ||||||
| Alma mater | Huazhong Agricultural University | ||||||
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| Fields | Soil geography | ||||||
| Institutions | Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 赵其国 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 趙其國 | ||||||
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Biography
editZhao was born in Hankou (now Wuhan, Hubei), on 25 February 1930. In 1949, he was admitted to the Department of Agronomy, Wuhan University. Due to the 1952 reorganisation of Chinese higher education, he became a student of Huazhong Agricultural University.
After university in 1953, Zhao became the leader of Yunnan and Guizhou South China Rubber and Tropical Crop Suitable Forest Land Investigation Team. Between 1964 and 1968, he was deputy leader and than leader of China's expert group in Cuba. In 1973, he became the leader of Heilongjiang Wildland Resources Investigation Team, and served until 1978. In 1983, he was promoted to become director of the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, a post he kept until 1995.[3]
On 3 January 2023, Zhao died in Nanjing, Jiangsu, at the age of 92.[3]
Honours and awards
edit- 1991 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- 1991 State Natural Science Award (Second Class)
- 2004 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
References
edit- ^ Jiang Daoding (蒋道鼎) (3 June 1999). 赵其国院士获“日经亚洲奖”. gmw.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ Yu Fei (于飞) (3 April 2006). 院士当夫人的“送饭员”. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ a b Zhang Xuan (张宣) (3 January 2023). 沉重悼念！我国著名土壤学家、中国科学院院士赵其国逝世. xhby.net (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 January 2023.