List of Nanjing University people
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The list of Nanjing University people includes notable graduates, non-graduates, professors and other people affiliated with Nanjing University
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Honorary professors, visiting professors
Retired professors
Alumni of attached schools
Nanjing University
Nanjing University , or Nanking University, is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning in China...
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Graduates
- Chang Chi-yunChang Chi-yunChang Chi-yun was a historian, geographer, educator and politician. He was the founder of the Chinese Culture University and the Nanhai Academy...
(張其昀), historian, geographer, educationist, politician. - Zhou Bangdao (周邦道), scholar, educator. The first "Zhuangyuan" (狀元) since the establishment of Republic of ChinaRepublic of ChinaThe Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
(ranked No.1 in the 1st R.O.C. Gaodeng Examination (中華民國第一屆高等考試) which is in a certain sense equivalent to former Imperial examinationImperial examinationThe Imperial examination was an examination system in Imperial China designed to select the best administrative officials for the state's bureaucracy. This system had a huge influence on both society and culture in Imperial China and was directly responsible for the creation of a class of...
, 1931). He was later the president of China Medical College (China Medical University), vice minister of Ministry of Examination of R.O.C..
Education
- Zhang Zonglin (張宗麟), the first Chinese professional male infant teacher in modern era
- Tai Shuangqiu (邰爽秋), educator dedicated to people's livelihood. The advocator of the Teachers' DayTeachers' DayIn many countries, Teachers' Days are intended to be special days for the appreciation of teachers; World Teachers' Day is celebrated across the world on October 5. Ever since the importance of teachers has been recognized by UNESCO, by adopting the “Recommendation concerning the status of...
in ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
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Humanities
- Lu Qian (卢前), dramatist, litterateur, poet, scholar
- Chen Chung-hwanChen Chung-hwanChen Chung-hwan , was a philosopher, scholar in ancient greek philosophy and western philosophy....
(陳忠寰. autonym 陳康, Chinese PinyinPinyinPinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...
: Chen Kang), philosopher. - Tang JunyiTang JunyiTang Junyi was a Chinese philosopher, who was one of the leading exponents of New Confucianism. He was influenced by Plato and Hegel as well as by earlier Confucian thought....
(唐君毅), philosopher. - Wang LingWang Ling (historian)Wang Ling was a Chinese and Australian historian and educator known for his collaboration with Joseph Needham on the history of science and technology in China.-Biography:...
(王玲), historian, educator. Key collaborator of Joseph NeedhamJoseph NeedhamNoel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham, CH, FRS, FBA , also known as Li Yuese , was a British scientist, historian and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1941, and as a fellow of the British...
on the monumental work Science and Civilisation in ChinaScience and Civilisation in ChinaScience and Civilisation in China is a series of books initiated and edited by British biochemist and China scholar Joseph Needham . They deal with the history of science and technology in China. To date there have been 27 volumes...
Social sciences
- Yang Kaidao (楊開道), sociologist
- Hsing Mu-huan (邢慕寰), economist, the first Director of Institute of Economics, Academia SinicaAcademia SinicaThe Academia Sinica , headquartered in the Nangang District of Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan. It supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from mathematical and physical sciences, to life sciences, and to humanities and social sciences.Academia Sinica has...
. - Yang Bi-li (楊必立), the pioneer guru of management education in Chinese community, the initiator of Chinese MBA education.
- Xia Shuzhang (夏書章), scholar in public administrationPublic administrationPublic Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
, the father of MPAMaster of Public AdministrationThe Master of Public Administration is a professional post-graduate degree in Public Administration. The MPA program prepares individuals to serve as managers in the executive arm of local, state/provincial, and federal/national government, and increasingly in nongovernmental organization and...
education in China. - Han Depei (韓德培), jurist
Natural science & technology
- Y. H. Woo (吳有訓), physical scientist. After Wu Youxun verified Compton effect (X-ray diffraction), Nobel Prize was given to Arthur H.Compton.
- Chung-Yao ChaoChung-Yao ChaoChung-Yao Chao was a Chinese physicist. Chung-Yao Chao studied the scattering of gamma rays in lead by pair production in 1930, without knowing that positrons were involved in the anomalously high scattering cross-section...
(趙忠堯), physical scientist. The first scientist that captured positronPositronThe positron or antielectron is the antiparticle or the antimatter counterpart of the electron. The positron has an electric charge of +1e, a spin of ½, and has the same mass as an electron...
through electron-positron annihilationElectron-positron annihilationElectron–positron annihilation occurs when an electron and a positron collide. The result of the collision is the annihilation of the electron and positron, and the creation of gamma ray photons or, at higher energies, other particles:...
and tested the existence of antimatterAntimatterIn particle physics, antimatter is the extension of the concept of the antiparticle to matter, where antimatter is composed of antiparticles in the same way that normal matter is composed of particles...
. - Chien-Shiung WuChien-Shiung WuChien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American physicist with expertise in the techniques of experimental physics and radioactivity. Wu worked on the Manhattan Project...
(吳健雄), scientist. The "First Lady of Physics", the "Greatest Experimental Physicist in 20th Century". The first laureate of Wolf Prize in Physics, the first female President of the American Physical Society. - W. H. T. (Wellington Hsiao-tung) Loh (陸孝同), leading authority on dynamics and thermodynamics of re-entry and planetary entry. A leading figure in American Apollo program and MarsMarsMars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
Exploration program. He was the chairman of international conference on space exploration held in Washington in 1972. - Yuan-Cheng FungYuan-Cheng FungYuan-Cheng "Bert" Fung is a scientist regarded as a founding figure of bioengineering, tissue engineering, and the "Founder of Modern Biomechanics".-Biography:Fung was born in Jiangsu Province, China in 1919...
(馮元楨), scientist of bioengineering and biomechanicsBiomechanicsBiomechanics is the application of mechanical principles to biological systems, such as humans, animals, plants, organs, and cells. Perhaps one of the best definitions was provided by Herbert Hatze in 1974: "Biomechanics is the study of the structure and function of biological systems by means of...
. The "Founder of Modern BiomechanicsBiomechanicsBiomechanics is the application of mechanical principles to biological systems, such as humans, animals, plants, organs, and cells. Perhaps one of the best definitions was provided by Herbert Hatze in 1974: "Biomechanics is the study of the structure and function of biological systems by means of...
" and a founding figure of bioengineering. He is the winner of United States National Academy of Engineering Founders Award (NAE Founders Award, 1998), National Medal of ScienceNational Medal of ScienceThe National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and...
(U.S.A., 2000), and Russ PrizeRuss PrizeThe Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize is an American national and international award established by the United States National Academy of Engineering in October 1999 in Athens, Ohio...
(2007). - Feng KangFeng KangFeng Kang was a Chinese mathematician and scientist.He was born in Nanjing, China and spent his childhood in Suzhou, Jiangsu. He studied at Suzhou Middle School...
(馮康), mathematician. The founder of finite element algorithm. - Qian Ji (錢驥), the General Designer of China's first satelliteSatelliteIn the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
(Dongfanghong I). - Kenneth J. HsuKenneth J. HsuKenneth J. Hsu Ph.D, M.A., born 28 June 1929, is a Swiss scientist, geologist, paleoclimatologist, oceanographer, government advisor, author, inventor and entrepreneur who was born in Nanjing, China.-Biography:EducationHsu Kenneth J. Hsu Ph.D, M.A., born 28 June 1929, is a Swiss scientist,...
(許靖華), scientist and geologist - Xia Peisu (夏培肅), computer scientist. She developed China's first general purpose digital computer.
- Wang Debao (王德寶), biochemist. He firstly synthesized yeast alanine transfer RNATransfer RNATransfer RNA is an adaptor molecule composed of RNA, typically 73 to 93 nucleotides in length, that is used in biology to bridge the three-letter genetic code in messenger RNA with the twenty-letter code of amino acids in proteins. The role of tRNA as an adaptor is best understood by...
. - Feng DuanFeng DuanFeng Duan is a renowned physicist of China, an expert in solid-state physics. He is a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences.-Biography:...
(馮端), physicist. - Liu DongshengLiu DongshengLiu Dongsheng is a prominent Chinese geologist and archaeologist.Liu was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980, and a member of the Third World Academy of Sciences in 1991. In 2002, he was the recipient of Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement...
(劉東生), geologist. Winner of Tyler Prize for Environmental AchievementTyler Prize for Environmental AchievementThe Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is an award for environmental science, environmental health and energy. Tyler Laureates receive a $200,000 annual prize and a gold medallion...
. - Gang TianGang TianTian Gang is a Chinese mathematician and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is known for his contributions to geometric analysis and quantum cohomology, among other fields...
(田剛), mathematician. - Jeff Xia (夏志宏), astronomy, mathematician.
- Zhou ZhongheZhou ZhongheZhou Zhonghe is a Chinese palaeontologist. He described the ancient bird Confuciusornis.Zhou studied at the University of Nanjing and then worked at the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.- External links :* - Chinese* - Chinese...
(周忠和), researcher and director, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; member of U.S. National Academy of Sciences. - Zhang Xiang (張翔), a Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Director of NSF Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center; member of National Academy of Engineering of USA.
- Zhang Qiming (章启明), a distinguished professor of Electrical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. He is also the vice President & CTO at Strategic Polymer Sciences, Inc.
Business, industry, commerce and finance
- Xu Boyuan (徐柏園), financier, former Central Bank Governor, Ministry of Finance, R.O.C.. He's the founder of Chinese central bank system.
- Wang Zhixin (王志莘), banker, financier, a founder and the first General Manager of former Shanghai Stock Exchange
- Tang I-Fang, industry magnate. The founder and Chairman of Board of WBL Corporation, fomer Singapore Economic Development Board Chairman. The Pioneer of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
Industry. - Chen Guangbiao (陳光標), private entrepreneur, with the honor of the No.1 Charitarian in China
Politics & government
- Kwoh-Ting LiKwoh-Ting LiKwoh-Ting Li was a Chinese economist and politician best known as the "Father of Taiwan's Economic Miracle" for his work in transforming Taiwan's economy from an agrarian-based system into one of the world's leading producers of information and telecommunications technology...
(李國鼎), economic expert, statesmen. The "Father of TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
's Economic Miracle". - Sha ZukangSha ZukangSha Zukang is a Chinese diplomat who is head of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. He was previously the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations Office at Geneva....
(沙祖康), diplomat, the head of United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairsUnited Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairsThe United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is responsible for the follow-up to the major United Nations Summits and Conferences, as well as services to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and the Second and Third Committees...
. - Chen DemingChen DemingChen Deming is the Minister of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. He was appointed to the post at the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on December 29, 2007.-Biography:...
(陳德銘), the Minister of Commerce, P.R.C. - Yang Jiechi (楊潔篪), the foreign minister of the People's Republic of ChinaPeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. - Guo JinlongGuo JinlongGuo Jinlong is a politician of the People's Republic of China and Mayor of Beijing.- Biography :He graduated from Nanjing University Department of Physics in 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China in 1979, and was sent to work in Sichuan....
(郭金龍), Mayor of BeijingBeijingBeijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
. He was the Executive President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 29th Olympic Games.
Arts
- Lv Fengzi (呂鳳子), artist, art educator. The founder of the first modern fine arts school in China.
- Chiang YeeChiang YeeChiang Yee , self-styled as "The Silent Traveller", was a Chinese poet, author, painter and calligrapher.-1903-1933: China:Chiang Yee was born in Jiujiang, China, on a day variously recorded as May 19 or June 14...
(蔣彝), poet, author, painter, calligrapher. The "Silent Traveller". - Hong Fan (洪潘), musician. The "father of modern Chinese wind musicWind musicWind music has two different meanings:#Music written for wind instruments#Music produced using the wind . These are chiefly string instruments, such as the Aeolian harp, but some woodwinds are also known....
(管樂, tube music)", the "father of modern Chinese martial musicMartial musicMartial industrial, also known as martial music, is a music genre originating in late 20th century Europe. It often borrows musically from classical music, neofolk, neoclassical, traditional European marches and from elements of industrial and dark ambient.-Origins:The genre name military pop was...
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Literature
- Shen Zufen (沈祖棻), scholar, writer. Classic writer.
- Nieh Hua-Ling (聶華苓), writer. Contributed a lot to world literature exchange.
Journalism & media
- Hu Bangji (胡邦濟), journalist. China's war correspondent in European battlefield in World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. She interviewed many men of the time, including Winston ChurchillWinston ChurchillSir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
, Franklin D. RooseveltFranklin D. RooseveltFranklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...
, Joseph StalinJoseph StalinJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
, Charles de GaulleCharles de GaulleCharles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
, Harry S. TrumanHarry S. TrumanHarry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...
, Neville ChamberlainNeville ChamberlainArthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...
and Josip Broz TitoJosip Broz TitoMarshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...
. Her husband, Bi Jilong, former vice secretary general of United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, was her schoolmate at Nanjing University. - Yu Chi-chung (余紀忠), Taiwan's media gurus, the founder of the China Times Group.
Performing arts & entertainment
- Gong Jianong (龔稼農), actor
- Chang ChehChang ChehChang Cheh was Shaw Brothers Studio's best known and most prolific film director, with such films as the Five Venoms, the Brave Archer , the The One-Armed Swordsman, and other classics of wuxia and kung fu film.-Career:Referred to as "The Godfather of Hong Kong cinema", Chang Cheh directed over 100...
(張徹), film director. The "Father of New Gongfu Film", the "Godfather of Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
cinema". - Lu Yang, film director, photographer, scientist extraordinaire
Miscellaneous
- Luo Fuxin (羅福鑫), the first blind college student in China.
- Fang XianjueFang XianjueFang Xianjue was born in a small Jiangsu village gentry family in 1903...
(方先覺), a general against the invasion of militaristic Japan - Zeng LiansongZeng LiansongZeng Liansong was the designer of the Flag of the People's Republic of China. He was from Ruian, Zhejiang province.He entered the economics department at the National Central University in 1936 . During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he participated in confrontation against Japanese forces...
(曾聯松), the designer of the Flag of the People's Republic of ChinaFlag of the People's Republic of ChinaThe flag of the People's Republic of China is a red field charged in the canton with five golden stars. The design features one large star, with four smaller stars in a semicircle set off towards the fly...
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Non-graduate
- Jiang ZeminJiang ZeminJiang Zemin is a former Chinese politician, who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, and as Chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2005...
(江澤民), former General Secretary of the Communist Party of ChinaGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of ChinaThe General Secretary of the Communist Party of China , officially General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is the highest ranking official within the Communist Party of China, a standing member of the Politburo and head of the Secretariat...
and President of the People's Republic of ChinaPresident of the People's Republic of ChinaThe President of the People's Republic of China is a ceremonial office and a part of State organs under the National People's Congress and it is the head of state of the People's Republic of China . The office was created by the 1982 Constitution...
(Studied at Nanjing Central University from 1943 to 1945). - Kim Jun-YopKim Jun-YopKim Jun-Yop is a former president of Korea University, a noted historian focusing on China and North Korea issues.Kim declined a nomination from Roh Tae-woo to become Prime Minister of South Korea in 1990, preferring to stay in academia....
, historian, educationalist, social activist. - Mochtar RiadyMochtar RiadyMochtar Riady is an ethnic Chinese financial magnate in Southeast Asia. He is the founder and CEO of Lippo Group. He is also the chairman of the Asian Bankers Association. Born on 12 May 1929, in Malang, East Java, Mochtar is known to have a cold hand at transforming the fortunes of financial...
, financial magnate in southeast Asia. Founder and CEO of Lippo Group. Chairman of the Asian Bankers Association. The founder of several banks. - Wang GungwuWang GungwuWang Gungwu, CBE is an academic who has studied and written about the Chinese diaspora, although he has objected to the use of the word diaspora to describe the migration of Chinese from China, because it is inaccurate and has been used to perpetuate fears of a "Chinese threat". He was born in...
, historian, educator. - Vikram SethVikram SethVikram Seth is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.-Early life:Vikram Seth was born on 20 June 1952 to Leila and Prem Seth in Calcutta...
(賽斯), poet, novelist. - Miles FlintMiles FlintMiles Flint is the former President of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB since June 2004. Before this role, he was the President of European Marketing at Sony Europe. He was responsible for the marketing activities of Sony's electronics business in Europe. Miles was also the Managing Director...
, the former President of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications.
Faculty
- Liu YizhengLiu YizhengLiu Yizheng is a famous Chinese modern historian.Liu Yizheng finished several first Chinese history books in modern times including history books of education, commerce and culture. Chinese Culture History and Be-all and End-all of National History are the most important of his works....
(柳詒徵), historian - Wang Bohang (王伯沆), Confucian scholar, literary history scholar
- Xiao Junxian (蕭俊賢), the first artist providing Chinese paintingChinese paintingChinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. The earliest paintings were not representational but ornamental; they consisted of patterns or designs rather than pictures. Early pottery was painted with spirals, zigzags, dots, or animals...
education in modern institutions of higher learnings. - Matsumoto Kouzirou (松本孝次郎), educationist. Former provost of Tokyo Higher Normal School (today's University of TsukubaUniversity of Tsukubais located in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan. The University has 28 college clusters and schools with a total of around 15,000 students...
). He jointly founded the first magazine for children education in JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. - Tao XingzhiTao XingzhiTao Xingzhi , was a renowned 20th century Chinese educator and reformer. He studied at Teachers College, Columbia University and returned to China to champion progressive education. His career in China as a liberal educator was not derivative of John Dewey, as some have alleged, but creative and...
(陶行知), educator - Wang Yanqing (王燕卿), the first musician introducing GuqinGuqinThe guqin is the modern name for a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family...
and GuoyueGuoyueGuoyue is a modernized form of Chinese traditional music written or adapted for some form of grand presentation, usually through a large orchestra of Chinese instruments. It was created in mainland China beginning in the early 20th century and is frequently broadcast on radio and television in the...
education into modern higher learning institutions. The founder of Meian qinQin-Chinese dynasties and states:*Qin , a state of China during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty*Qin Dynasty , which followed Qin's unification of China in 221 BC and ended in 206 BC*Da Qin , Roman Empire, 202 BC to AD 220...
school (梅庵琴派, Meian music school. Meian is the Zi(字) of former school president Li RuiqingLi RuiqingLi Ruiqing was a Chinese artist, calligrapher and educator. He was a pioneering influential educator in China's modern history, the founder of China's modern art education....
). - Liu Boming (劉伯明), philosopher
- Zhu Kezhen (竺可楨), meteorologist, geologist.
- Mao YishengMao YishengDr. Mao Yisheng was a Chinese structural engineer, an expert on bridge construction, and a social activist in China.-Biography:Mao was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. He entered Jiaotong University's Tangshan Engineering College and earned his bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1916...
(茅以升), structural engineer - Xiong QinglaiXiong QinglaiXiong Qinglai , courtesy name Youzhi , was a Chinese mathematician from Yunnan. He was the first person to introduce modern mathematics into China, and served as an influential president of Yunnan University from 1937 through 1947. A Chinese stamp was issued in his honour.-Biography:Xiong studied...
(熊慶來) mathematician - Mei Guangdi (梅光迪), the first dean of the first department of western literatureWestern literatureWestern literature refers to the literature written in the languages of Europe, including the ones belonging to the Indo-European language family as well as several geographically or historically related languages such as Basque, Hungarian, and so forth...
in Chinese universities. - Ma YinchuMa YinchuMa Yinchu was a prominent Chinese economist.-Early life:Ma Yinchu was born in a family at now Shengzhou City, a county-level city that is administered by Shaoxing, in northeastern Zhejiang province. He was the fifth child of the owner of a small distillery that specialized in fermented rice liquor...
(馬寅初), economist. - Thome H. FangThome H. FangThome H. Fang , philosopherFrom 1925 to 1948, Thome H. Fang taught at several universities in China, mostly at the National Central University , in Nanking and Chungking. Then he taught at National Taiwan University.Thomé H...
(方東美), philosopher - Pearl Buck (賽珍珠), writer. A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
. - Xu BeihongXu BeihongXu Beihong was born in Yixing, China. He was primarily known for his shuimohua of horses and birds and one of the first Chinese artists to articulate the need for artistic expressions that reflected a new modern China at the beginning of the 20th century...
(徐悲鴻), artist - Chang Dai-chien (張大千), great Chinese artist.
- Zheng Ji (鄭集), biochemist
- Ren Mei'eRen Mei'eRen Mei'e , was a famous Chinese geomorphologist, geologist, marine and coastal scientist, educator and professor, who was the main founder for the study of many related subjects in modern China.-Biography:Ren was born in Zhenhai County , Ningbo, Zhejiang Province in 8 Sep 1913.In 1934 Ren...
(任美鍔), geomorphologist, geologist, marine and coastal scientist - Na zhong (納忠), the first scholar teaching Arabic in Chinese universities, master of Arabic culture and history studies.
- Xu Xin (徐新), a founder of Judaic studies in China.
- Du Junfei (杜骏飞), scholar in computer-mediated communicationComputer-mediated communicationComputer-mediated communication is defined as any communicative transaction that occurs through the use of two or more networked computers...
and mass communicationMass communicationMass communication is the term used to describe the academic study of the various means by which individuals and entities relay information through mass media to large segments of the population at the same time...
. A pioneer scholar in the study of internet mass communication.
Honorary professors, visiting professors
- Charles W. WoodworthCharles W. WoodworthCharles W. Woodworth was an American entomologist. He founded the Entomology Department at the University of California, Berkeley, and made many valuable contributions to entomology during his career....
, American entomologist. The founder of the Entomology Division University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. He was a lecturer in EntomologyEntomologyEntomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology...
during his sabbatical there in 1918 and then again between 1921-1924. See the C. W. Woodworth AwardC. W. Woodworth AwardThe C. W. Woodworth Award is an annual award presented by the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America. This award, the PBESA's largest, is for achievement in Entomology in the Pacific region of the United States over the previous ten years. The award is named in honor of Charles W....
. - Hans Driesch, biologist and philosopher. GermanGermansThe Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
leader of vitalismVitalismVitalism, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is#a doctrine that the functions of a living organism are due to a vital principle distinct from biochemical reactions...
. He taught for a semester in 1922.
Retired professors
- Xu Longdao (徐龙道), physics
Alumni of mergered and attached schools
Alumni of the University of Nanking (merged in 1952)- Choh Hao LiChoh Hao LiChoh Hao Li was a Chinese-born U.S. biochemist who discovered, in 1966, that human pituitary growth hormone consists of a chain of 256 amino acids...
, biologist, biochemist. His achievements include isolating and synthesizing the human pituitary growth hormoneGrowth hormoneGrowth hormone is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction and regeneration in humans and other animals. Growth hormone is a 191-amino acid, single-chain polypeptide that is synthesized, stored, and secreted by the somatotroph cells within the lateral wings of the anterior...
and he received many honors including Lasker AwardLasker AwardThe Lasker Awards have been awarded annually since 1946 to living persons who have made major contributions to medical science or who have performed public service on behalf of medicine. They are administered by the Lasker Foundation, founded by advertising pioneer Albert Lasker and his wife Mary...
. - Choh-Ming LiChoh-Ming LiLi Choh-ming, KBE, JP was an economist and an educator. He was the founding Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1963. He compiled The Li Chinese Dictionary .Career=...
, educationist, economist. - Francois ChengFrançois ChengFrançois Cheng is a French academician, writer, poet and calligrapher...
, writer, poet. A "Bridge Between Eastern and Western Culture". - T.C. Tso, agriculturalist, tobacco scientist.
- Te-Tzu Chang, agriculturalist. He receives Tyler World Prize for Environmental Achievement 1999.
- Thome H. FangThome H. FangThome H. Fang , philosopherFrom 1925 to 1948, Thome H. Fang taught at several universities in China, mostly at the National Central University , in Nanking and Chungking. Then he taught at National Taiwan University.Thomé H...
, philosopher. - Wu Teh YaoWu Teh YaoWu Teh Yao is an educator and a specialist in Confucianism and political science.-Education:After his graduation from Chung Ling High School in 1936, under the recommendation of Principal David Chen, he was admitted to Nanking University for a course of Bachelor of Arts, followed by a Master of...
, educationist, politics scholar.
Alumni of attached schools
- Gao XingjianGao XingjianGao Xingjian is a Chinese-born novelist, playwright, critic, and painter. An émigré to France since 1987, Gao was granted French citizenship in 1997...
, novelist, dramatist and critic. Nobel Prize Winner in Literature in 2000. He entered Middle School Attached to University of Nanking (Now Nanjing University Experiment School -- Jinling High School) in 1952. - Yuan LongpingYuan LongpingYuan Longping is a Chinese agricultural scientist and educator, known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s. His "hybrid rice" has since been grown in dozens of countries in Africa, America, and Asia—providing a robust food source in high famine risk areas. He is called "The...
, agriculturalist. "China's Most Famous 'Farmer'", "Father of Hybrid Rice", Wolf Prize winner in agriculture. He graduated from Middle School Attached to National Nanjing University (Now NSFZ) in 1949.
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