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Zheng Guangmei
Native Name:郑光美
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:30 November 1932
Birth Place:Harbin, Heilongjiang, Manchukuo
Death Place:Beijing, China
Fields:Ornithology
Workplaces:Beijing Normal University
Alma Mater:Beijing Normal University
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Zheng Guangmei (; 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

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 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]

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Honours and awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Li Chen (Chinese: 李晨) . https://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2023/10/509707.shtm . zh:著名动物学和鸟类生态学家郑光美院士逝世 . sciencenet.cn . 4 April 2023 . 11 February 2024 . zh.
  2. News: Kang Jia (Chinese: 康佳) . https://weekly.caixin.com/2023-10-14/102116786.html . zh:郑光美:世界雉类研究带头人 . caixin.com . 16 October 2023 . 11 February 2024 . zh.
  3. News: Chen Yonghua (Chinese: 陈水华) . https://zhishifenzi.blog.caixin.com/archives/271229?originReferrer=caixinsearch_wap . zh: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 . 29 October 2023 . 11 February 2024 . zh.