Ma Jianzhang
Chinese wildlife biologist (1937-2022)
Ma Jianzhang (Chinese: 马建章; 20 July 1937 – 23 December 2022) was a Chinese zoologist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Biography
Ma was born in Fuxin County (now Fuxin), Jinzhou Province, Manchukuo, on 20 July 1937, but grew up in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia. In 1956, he entered Northeast Forestry University, where he majored in forestry. In 1961, he was admitted to Harbin Normal University, where he studied vertebrate taxonomy and ecology under Zhang Mengwen.
After graduating in 1962, Ma returned to and taught at Northeast Forestry University. In 1970, he was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works in Yilan County, Heilongjiang. In 1973, he was appointed deputy director of the Department of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, rising to director in 1980. In 1992, he was proposed as the founding dean of the College of Wildlife Resources, and served until 1999.
On 23 December 2022, Ma died in Harbin, Heilongjiang, at the age of 85.
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