Yang Zhongjian
Yang Zhongjian, also Yang Chung-chien (Chinese: 杨钟健; Wade–Giles: Yang2 Chung1-chien4; 1 June 1897 – 15 January 1979), courtesy name Keqiang (克强), also known as C.C. (Chung Chien) Young, was a Chinese paleontologist and zoologist. He was one of China's foremost vertebrate paleontologists. He has been called the "Father of Chinese Vertebrate Paleontology".
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Yang Zhongjian in 1922, Uppsala, Sweden | |
Born | Hua County, Shaanxi, China | June 1, 1896
Died | January 15, 1979 82) | (aged
Other names | Chung Chien Young |
Alma mater | Peking University University of Munich |
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