Chu Coching

Coching Chu (simplified Chinese: 竺可桢; traditional Chinese: 竺可楨; pinyin: Zhú Kězhēn; Wade–Giles: Chu K'o-chen; March 7, 1890 – February 7, 1974), also romanized as Zhu Kezhen, was a Chinese geologist and meteorologist.

Coching Chu
竺可楨
Coching Chu
Born(1890-03-07)March 7, 1890
DiedFebruary 7, 1974(1974-02-07) (aged 83)
Beijing, China
NationalityChinese
Alma materFudan University
University of Illinois (BSc)
Harvard University (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsMeteorology
Geology
InstitutionsNational Southeast University
National Chekiang University
Academia Sinica
Chinese Academy of Sciences
ThesisA New Classification of Typhoons of the Far East (1924)
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