Zheng Guangmei (Chinese: 郑光美; 30 November 1932 – 3 October 2023) was a Chinese bird ecologist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Zheng Guangmei | |||||||
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郑光美 | |||||||
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| Born | 30 November 1932 | ||||||
| Died | 3 October 2023 (aged 90) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Beijing Normal University Northeast Normal University | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Ornithology | ||||||
| Institutions | Beijing Normal University | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 郑光美 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄭光美 | ||||||
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He was a delegate to the 8th National People's Congress.[1]
Biography
editZheng was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang, Manchukuo, on 30 November 1932, while his ancestral home in Beijing.[1][2] After the occupation of Northeast China by the Imperial Japanese Army, his family moved back to Beijing.[2] He attended the Beijing Shijia Hutong Primary School (北京史家胡同小学) and Beijing No. 8 High School.[2] In 1950, he enrolled at the Department of Biology, Beijing Normal University, he stayed for teaching after graduation.[1][2] In 1956, he did his postgraduate work at Northeast Normal University.[1][2]
He returned to Beijing in 1958 and continued to teach at Beijing Normal University, where he worked successively as associate professor (1978), full professor (1986), and doctoral supervisor (1990).[1][2]
On 3 October 2023, he died of an illness in Beijing, at the age of 90.[1][2][3]
Publications
edit- 中国鸟类分类与分布名录 [A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Bird of China] (in Chinese). Beijing: Science Press. 2011. ISBN 9787030312211.
- 鸟类学 [Ornithology] (in Chinese). Beijing: Beijing Normal University Publishing House. 2012. ISBN 9787303139477.
- 世界鸟类分类与分布名录 [A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Bird of the World] (in Chinese). Beijing: Science Press. 2021. ISBN 9787030691590.
Honours and awards
edit- 2000 State Natural Science Award (Second Class) for the Ecological Biology and Domestication and Reproduction of Endangered Pheasants, a Chinese Specialty.[2]
- November 2003 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Li Chen (李晨) (4 April 2023). 著名动物学和鸟类生态学家郑光美院士逝世. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Kang Jia (康佳) (16 October 2023). 郑光美：世界雉类研究带头人. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ Chen Yonghua (陈水华) (29 October 2023). 中国鸟类学界泰斗郑光美教授逝世，他的影响力超越了动物学界. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 February 2024.