Li Wenhua | |||||||
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李文华 | |||||||
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Died | 23 December 2022
Beijing, China | (aged 90)||||||
Alma mater | Beijing Forestry University | ||||||
Scientific career | |||||||
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Ecology Forestry | ||||||
Institutions | Institute of Geographic Sciences and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 李 文 华 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 李 文 華 | ||||||
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Li Wenhua ( Chinese: 李文华; 15 January 1932 – 23 December 2022) was a Chinese ecologist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. [1]
Li was born in Guangrao County, Shandong, on 15 January 1932. [2] After high school in 1949, he studied, then taught, at what is now Beijing Forestry University. [2] In September 1957, he pursued advanced studies in the Soviet Union, studying botany under biologist Sukachev. [2]
Li returned to China in 1961 and continued to teach at Beijing Forestry University. [2] In 1973, he became a member of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau Scientific Research Team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and in 1992 attained his role as a researcher at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Resources. [2] In 2002, he was recruited as dean of the School of Environment, Renmin University of China, and served until 2006.
On 23 December 2022, Li died in Beijing, at the age of 90. [2]