About Wen Huanran
Lived 1919 – 1986 (aged 66–67). Wen Huanran was a geographer and historian.
Wen Huanran (文煥然) (1919/1920 – 1986/1990) was a Chinese historical geographer, who pioneered study in the history of China's natural geography.
Life Wen Huanran was born in Hunan province in 1919 or 1920. His demonstration that wild elephants were once widespread across China, and his charting of their retreat to the Yunnan area, influenced Mark Elvin's book The Retreat of the Elephants.
Wen died in 1986 or 1990. A posthumous collection of Wen's research was published by his son, Wen Rongshen, in 1995.
Works (ed. Wen Rongshen) Zhong guo li shi shi qi dong ban nian qi hou leng ai bian qian. Beijing, 1995.
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