| Wang Shouguan | |||||
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1923 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Fuzhou, Fujian, China | ||||
| Death Place: | Beijing, China | ||||
| Fields: | Astrophysics | ||||
| Workplaces: | Purple Mountain Observatory Xujiahui Observatory Beijing Astronomical Observatory | ||||
| Alma Mater: | Mawei Naval School Royal Naval College, Greenwich | ||||
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Wang Shouguan (; 15 January 1923 – 28 January 2021) was a Chinese astronomer, president and honorary president of the .[1] [2] He was hailed as one of the founders of modern astrophysics and radio astronomy in China.[1] [2] He was a delegate to the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th National People's Congress.[1] [2]
Wang was born in Fuzhou, Fujian, on January 15, 1923.[1] [2] His uncle worked in the Republic of China Navy.[3] In 1936, at the age of 13, he entered, he studied navigation at the beginning, but switched to shipbuilding later because of myopia.[1] [2] [3] After graduating in 1943, he worked at a factory for a year.[1] [2] In 1945, he pursued advanced studies in the United Kingdom, where he studied at the Shipbuilding Class, Royal Naval College, Greenwich.[1] [2] In 1950 he switched to astronomy, and was hired as an assistant astronomer at the University of London.[1] [2]
Wang returned to China in 1953.[1] [2] He successively worked at the Purple Mountain Observatory, Xujiahui Observatory, and Beijing Astronomical Observatory.[1] [2] In 1981, he became deputy director of the Department of Mathematical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, rising to director in 1994.[1] [2] In October 1993, the asteroid with international code 3171 was named "Wangshouguan".[1] [2]
On January 28, 2021, he died of illness in Beijing, aged 98.[1] [2] [4]