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E Dongchen was born on 15 July, 1939 in Guangfeng, Jiangxi, China, is a Founder. Discover E Dongchen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?
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80 years old |
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Cancer |
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15 July 1939 |
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15 July |
| Birthplace |
Guangfeng, Jiangxi, China |
| Date of death |
(2019-02-21) Wuhan, China |
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Wuhan, China |
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China |
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E Dongchen Height, Weight & Measurements
At 80 years old, E Dongchen height not available right now. We will update E Dongchen's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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E Dongchen Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is E Dongchen worth at the age of 80 years old? E Dongchen’s income source is mostly from being a successful Founder. He is from China. We have estimated
E Dongchen's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Founder |
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On 21 February 2019, E died at the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, at the age of 79 (80 in East Asian age reckoning).
When China sent its first scientific expedition to the North Pole in 1999, E joined the team at the age of 60. He was the only scientist who participated in building all three Chinese polar research bases and the first North Pole expedition. In total, he took part in 11 polar expeditions, including seven to Antarctica and four to the North Pole. He named more than 300 features and places in Antarctica, including the Great Wall Bay, the first Chinese place name in Antarctica.
In 1984, E joined China's first expedition to Antarctica under Guo Kun, and led the surveying and mapping team. His team surveyed more than 1,600 points, and the expedition constructed China's first Antarctic research base, the Great Wall Station, which was opened on 20 February 1985. Four years later, he joined another expedition and participated in the construction of China's second Antarctic base, the Zhongshan Station.
After the end of the wars and the establishment of the People's Republic of China, an elementary school was opened in his village in 1950 and he attended school for the first time at the age of 11. He excelled in school, and was admitted to the Wuhan Institute of Surveying and Mapping in 1960. After graduating in 1965 with a degree in astronomical and geodetic survey, he taught at a military academy and his alma mater, which was later merged into Wuhan University to become its School of Geodesy and Geomatics.
E Dongchen (Chinese: 鄂栋臣; 15 July 1939 – 21 February 2019) was a Chinese earth scientist and polar explorer, acclaimed as the "father of polar surveying and mapping" in China. He participated in 11 polar expeditions, including the first Chinese expeditions to Antarctica and the North Pole. He was a professor and doctoral advisor at Wuhan University, and was a recipient of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize in Earth Sciences.
E Dongchen was born on 15 July 1939 in Guangfeng, Jiangxi, Republic of China, in the midst of the Second Sino-Japanese War. When he was a child, his grandmother and father were killed by Japanese troops, and he worked as a cowherd to make a living.
