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Zhao Jiuzhang

Chinese scientist

Summary

Chinese scientist

Field	Value
name	Zhao Jiuzhang
image	Zhao jiu zhang in 1933.jpg
caption	Zhao in 1933
birth_date
birth_place	Kaifeng, Henan, Qing dynasty
death_date
death_place	Beijing, China
other_names	Jeou Jang Jaw
fields	Statistics
workplaces	National Southwestern Associated University
University of Science and Technology of China
alma_mater	Tsinghua University
Zhejiang University
Humboldt University of Berlin

University of Science and Technology of China Zhejiang University Humboldt University of Berlin

Zhao Jiuzhang (; 15 October 1907 – 26 October 1968), also known as Jeou Jang Jaw, was a Chinese meteorologist and physicist. He was a pioneer of Chinese space technology and is considered as a founding father of China's satellite program.

Life

Born in Kaifeng, Henan Province on 15 October 1907. From 1925 to 1927, he studied electrical engineering at Zhejiang Industrial School (now Zhejiang University) in Hangzhou. He then transferred to Tsinghua University in Beijing. He graduated from the Department of Physics, Tsinghua in 1933. In 1935, he went to the University of Berlin; in 1938, he obtained his PhD.

He was a professor of Tsinghua University, National Central University (now Nanjing University), and National Southwestern Associated University.

During the Cultural Revolution, he was persecuted by the Red Guards and committed suicide in October 1968.

Awards and honors

In 1999, Zhao was awarded the Two Bombs, One Satellite Achievement Medal.

Membership & presidency

;Academic

Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1955 election
Director, Institute of Meteorology, Academia Sinica
Director, Institute of Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Director, Institute of Applied Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science
President, Chinese Academy of Satellite Designation
President, Chinese Meteorological Society
President, Chinese Geophysical Society

;Political

Member, Jiusan Society, 1951 election
Member, Central Committee of the Jiu San Society.
Member, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, PRC
Standing Committee Member, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference,

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110708144744/http://www.chinaitpower.com/A200507/2005-07-27/174640.html Jiuzhang Zhao] "Meteorologist, geophysicist and space physicist."
[http://www.oursci.org/lib/AfterNewton/31.htm 张九庆《自牛顿以来的科学家》第31章“两弹一星”与中国科学家] {{webarchive. link. (July 19, 2008 赵九章是中国人造卫星的倡导者和组织者，可以称为“中国人造卫星之父”。)
link. (October 13, 2007 1925至1927年就读浙江公立工业专门学校（今浙江大学）电机工程科。)
[http://www.zju.edu.cn/~piclib/fazhan/tuku/rw05.htm 解放前曾在浙大任教、求学，后成为中国科学院院士、中国工程院院士的校友] {{webarchive. link. (October 9, 2007 1925年至1929年在浙江公立工业专门学校（浙江大学前身）电机科就学。)

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