Yu Chongwen
Chinese geochemist
About Yu Chongwen
Lived 1924 – 2022 (aged 98). Yu Chongwen was a Chinese geochemist.
Yu Chongwen (; 15 February 1924 – 12 June 2022) was a Chinese scientist who was a professor at the China University of Geosciences, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Biography Yu was born in Shanghai, on 15 February 1924, while his ancestral home is in Ningbo, Zhejiang. He secondary studied at Shanghai Nanyang High School. In 1944, he entered National Southwestern Associated University and graduated from the Department of Geology, Peking University in 1950.
On 12 June 2022, he died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 98.
Honours and awards 1988 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for ore controlling conditions, material composition and distribution of tungsten, lead, zinc and other non-ferrous rare metal deposits in Nanling area 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
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Who was Yu Chongwen?
Chinese geochemist (1924–2022)
When was Yu Chongwen born?
Yu Chongwen was born on 15 February 1924 in Shanghai.
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Yu Chongwen died on 12 June 2022 in Beijing.
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Yu Chongwen was a geochemist.
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Yu Chongwen was Chinese.
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