Hu Xiansu
Chinese botanist (1894–1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hu Xiansu or Hu Hsen-Hsu (simplified Chinese: 胡先骕; traditional Chinese: 胡先驌; Wade–Giles: Hu Hsien-Hsu, 24 May 1894 – 16 July 1968) was a Chinese botanist and scholar. He was the founder of plant taxonomy in China and a pioneer of modern botany and paleobotany research in the country.[2] One of his most notable achievements as a botanist was the discovery of the living fossil Metasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn redwood) in the 1940s, which previously thought to have been extinct for over 150 million years.[2][3] This has been considered one of the greatest botanical discoveries of the 20th century.[4]
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胡先骕 | |
Born | (1894-05-24)24 May 1894 |
Died | 16 July 1968(1968-07-16) (aged 74) |
Resting place | Mount Lu, Jiangxi |
Nationality | Chinese |
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Children | 6 |
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Doctoral advisor | John George Jack |
Notable students | Wang Wencai |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Hu |
Outside botany, Hu also made significant contributions in the field of literary critique and education. In 1922, in opposition of the New Culture Movement that promoted vernacular literature, Hu co-founded The Critical Review, a major Chinese-language journal which advocated the preservation of Chinese classical literature.[5][6] From 1940 to 1944, Hu served as the inaugural president of National Chung Cheng University, what is now Jiangxi Normal University.