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Zheng Guangmei

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Zheng.
Zheng Guangmei
郑光美
Born(1932-11-30)30 November 1932
Harbin, Heilongjiang, Manchukuo
Died3 October 2023(2023-10-03) (aged 90)
Beijing, China
Alma materBeijing Normal University
Northeast Normal University
Scientific career
FieldsOrnithology
InstitutionsBeijing Normal University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese郑光美
Traditional Chinese鄭光美
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhèng Guāngměi

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.

He was a delegate to the 8th National People's Congress.[1]

Biography

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Zheng 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
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