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Cai Liusheng

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Cai Liusheng
蔡镏生
Born(1902-08-16)16 August 1902
Died24 October 1983(1983-10-24) (aged 81)
Alma materYenching University
University of Chicago
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical chemistry
InstitutionsJilin University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinCài Liúshēng
Wade–GilesLiu-Sheng T'sai
Southern Min
Hokkien POJChhòa Liû-seng

Cai Liusheng (Chinese: 蔡鎦生; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Liû-seng; 18 September 1902 – 24 October 1983) was a Chinese physical chemist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was one of the founders of catalytic kinetics in China.[1] He was a delegate to the 3rd and 5th National People's Congress.

Early life

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Cai was born into a peasant family in Quanzhou, Fujian, on 18 September 1902. He studied at Peiyuan High School (培元中学).[1] He became fascinated by chemistry in childhood.[1] In 1924, he graduated from Yenching University, where he majored in the Chemistry.[1]

He arrived in the United States in 1929 to begin his education at the University of Chicago.[1] He returned to China after his graduation and worked at his alma mater.[1] In the spring of 1948, he was invited to the University of Washington as a visiting scholar. In 1949, he gave up the opportunity to be employed as a professor at the Graduate School of St. Louis Medical University and returned to China to become director of the Department of Chemistry at Yanjing University.[1]

In 1952, in response to the call of the Communist government, he went to Northeast Renmin University (later restructured as Jilin University), where he cooperated with Tang Aoqing, Guan Shizhi and Tao Weisun [zh] to establish the Department of Chemistry.[2] He joined the Communist Party on 4 May 1982.

On 24 October 1983, he died of illness in Changchun, Jilin, aged 81.[1]

Recognition

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h 功勋人物谱科技篇:中国催化动力学研究的奠基人——蔡镏生 [One of the founders of catalytic kinetics in China: Cai Liusheng]. qq.com (in Chinese). 18 June 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ^ 蔡镏生 [Cai Liusheng]. jlu.edu.cn (in Chinese). 1 November 2019. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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