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Wei Shoukun was born on 16 September, 1907 in China, is an engineer. Discover Wei Shoukun'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 107 years old?

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Age 107 years old
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Born 16 September, 1907
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Date of death 30 June 2014
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Nationality China

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2014

Wei died on 30 June 2014 in Beijing, at the age of 106 (107 in East Asian age reckoning). He was the longest-living academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2011

Wei was a recipient of the State Natural Science Award and the Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Technological Sciences. In September 2011, the Science Press of China published Biography of Wei Shoukun, authored by Wu Shizhong (吴石忠) and Jiang Xi (姜曦).

1952

In 1952, Wei helped establish Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel Technology (now University of Science and Technology Beijing), and served as Provost of the university and Chair of the Department of Smelting. He served as Vice President of the university from 1979 to 1983, and was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.

Wei joined the Jiusan Society in 1952, and served as a member of the party's 6th Central Committee and a standing committee member of the 7th Central Committee.

1946

After the end of the war, Wei returned to Peiyang University in 1946 and was appointed Chair of the Department of Metallurgy. He became Dean of the School of Engineering in 1949, and Vice Provost in 1951. He also served as Dean of Tangshan Jiaotong University.

1936

In 1936, Wei returned to China and became a professor at Peiyang University. The Second Sino-Japanese War broke out a year later, and the Japanese army occupied Tianjin. Wei fled the city for Western China, where he taught at several universities during the war, including Northwest Union University and Northwestern Engineering Institute in Shaanxi and Chongqing University in Sichuan.

1907

Wei Shoukun (Chinese: 魏寿昆; 16 September 1907 – 30 June 2014) was a Chinese metallurgist, physical chemist, and materials engineer. Considered a founder of metallurgical physical chemistry in China, he taught for eight decades at ten different universities. He was a founding professor and Vice President of the University of Science and Technology Beijing, and was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.

Wei Shoukun was born on 16 September 1907 in Tianjin, China in the final years of the Qing Dynasty. After graduating from the Department of Mining and Metallurgy of Peiyang University (now Tianjin University) in 1929, he was hired by the university as a faculty member. In 1931, he went to Germany to study at Technische Hochschule Dresden. He earned his doctor of engineering degree in chemistry four years later, and conducted research at the Institute of Steel Metallurgy, RWTH Aachen University for another year.