Meng Zhaozhen | |||||||
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孟兆祯 | |||||||
Born | |||||||
Died | 15 July 2022 Beijing, China | (aged 89)||||||
Alma mater | China Agricultural University | ||||||
Scientific career | |||||||
Fields | Landscape design | ||||||
Institutions | Beijing Forestry University | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 孟兆祯 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 孟兆禎 | ||||||
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Meng Zhaozhen (Chinese: 孟兆祯; 13 September 1932 – 15 July 2022) was a Chinese landscape architect who was a professor at Beijing Forestry University, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[1]
Meng was born in Wuhan, Hubei, on 13 September 1932.[2] After graduating from Nankai High School in 1952, he was admitted to Beijing Agricultural University (now China Agricultural University), where he majored in landscape architecture.[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in February 1956. After graduation, he stayed and taught at the university.[2] After university department adjustment, he moved to Beijing Forestry University, where he successively served as an assistant, lecturer, associate professor, and professor.[2]
On 15 July 2022, he died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 89.[2]
His works include Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Sugen Garden of Beijing Botanical Garden and the rockery of Olympic Forest Park.[3]