Summary
Xie Yuyuan (Chinese: 谢毓元; April 19, 1924 – March 27, 2021) was a Chinese pharmaceutical chemist. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1]
Xie Yuyuan | |||||||
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谢毓元 | |||||||
 Xie Yuyuan in 1958 in Red Square, Soviet Union | |||||||
| Born | April 19, 1924 Beijing, China | ||||||
| Died | March 27, 2021 (aged 96) Shanghai, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Soochow University Tsinghua University | ||||||
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| Fields | Pharmaceutical chemistry | ||||||
| Institutions | Shanghai institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 謝毓元 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 谢毓元 | ||||||
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Biography edit
Xie was born in Beijing, on April 19, 1924, while his ancestral home was in Suzhou, Jiangsu.[2] In his early years, he studied in the Department of Chemical Engineering of Soochow University. In 1941, when the Imperial Japanese Army occupied the Shanghai concession, his father ordered him to drop out of school and stay at home. After the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1945, he was admitted to the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University. After graduating in 1949, he taught at the university.[2] In 1951, he was dispatched to the Shanghai institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.[2] He joined the Communist Party of China in 1956.[2] In 1957, he was sent abroad to study at Russian Academy of Sciences at the expense of the government. He returned to China in September 1993 and continued to work at the Shanghai institute of Organic Chemistry.[2] On March 27, 2021, he died in Shanghai, aged 96.[3]
Honours and awards edit
- 1982 State Natural Science Award (Second Class)
- 1991 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
References edit
- ^ Li Yuan (李苑) (March 27, 2021). 缅怀！谢毓元院士逝世 [Farewell! Academician Xie Yuyuan is dead]. Thepaper.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e 中科院院士、著名药物化学家谢毓元逝世，享年97岁 [Xie Yuyuan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and famous medicinal chemist, dies at the age of 97]. bjd.com.cn (in Chinese). March 28, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ Yang Zhenying (杨珍莹) (March 28, 2021). 他曾研发首个被国外公司仿制的中国新药！谢毓元院士昨在沪逝世 [Academician Xie Yuyuan dies in Shanghai yesterday]. Thepaper.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved April 3, 2021.