Li Siguang

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li.
Li Siguang
Born 26 October 1899
Huanggang Province, Qing China
Died April 29, 1971(1971-04-29) (aged 71)
Beijing, People's Republic of China
Nationality People's Republic of China
Institutions Peking University
Alma mater University of Birmingham

Li Siguang (Chinese: 李四光; Pinyin: Lǐ Sìguāng; 1889-1971), is the founder of China's geomechanics. According to his daughter, he was a Mongol in China.[1] [2] He made outstanding contributions to changing the situation of "oil deficiency" in the country, enabling the large-scale development of oil fields to raise the country to the ranks of the world's major oil producers.

Biography

A native of Huanggang, Hubei, Li studied in Japan and the UK in his early years. He became a geological professor at Peking University upon his return from abroad in 1920. Li Siguang was the president of National Central University (Nanjing University) in 1932.

After the People's Republic of China was established, Li held the positions of deputy president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and minister of geology.

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