Wu Youxun
Wu in 1921
Born26 April 1897
Gao'an, Jiangxi, Qing dynasty[1]
Died30 November 1977(1977-11-30) (aged 80)
Beijing, China
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Known forPhysics
Scientific career
InstitutionsTsinghua University
National Central University
Academic advisorsArthur Compton

Wu Youxun (simplified Chinese: 吴有训; traditional Chinese: 吳有訓; pinyin: Wú Yǒuxùn; Wade–Giles: Wu Yu-hsun; 26 April 1897[2] – 30 November 1977[3]), also known as Y. H. Woo,[4] was a Chinese physicist. His courtesy name was Zhèngzhī (正之).

Biography

Wu graduated from the Department of Physics of Nanjing Higher Normal School (later renamed National Central University and Nanjing University), and was later associated with the Department of Physics at Tsinghua University. He served as president of National Central University and Jiaotong University in Shanghai. When he was a graduate student at the University of Chicago he studied x-ray and electron scattering, and verified the Compton effect which gave Arthur Compton the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Awards

In 2000, the Chinese Physical Society established five prizes, in recognition of five pioneers of modern physics in China. The Wu Youxun Prize is awarded to physicists in nuclear physics.

References

  1. ^ Tsinghua University and Modern Chinese Science and Technology. Tsinghua University Press. 2006. pp. 43–. ISBN 978-7-302-12014-8.
  2. ^ Nie Leng (1998). The Biography of Wu Youxun. China Youth Publishing House. pp. 543–. ISBN 978-7-5006-3014-2.
  3. ^ Biographies of Modern Chinese Scientists. Science Press. 1991. pp. 108–.
  4. ^ Lawrence R. Sullivan; Nancy Y. Liu-Sullivan (19 March 2015). Historical Dictionary of Science and Technology in Modern China. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 453–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7855-6.
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