Huang Kezhi
Chinese physicist
Huang Kezhi (Chinese: 黄克智; 21 July 1927 – 6 December 2022) was a Chinese physicist who was a professor at Tsinghua University, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Together with Zhang Wei and Du Qinghua, they are known as "the Three giants of Solid mechanics at Tsinghua University".
Biography
Huang was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, on 21 July 1927, to Huang Yicheng (黄以诚), a post office clerk, and Gong Shenxiu (龚慎修). His ancestral home is in Fuzhou, Fujian. His great-grandfather Huang Nailin (黄乃麟) was a traditional Chinese medical doctor. His grandfather Huang Xie (黄燮) was teacher. Due to the Second Sino-Japanese War, he successively attended Beitan Primary School (北坛小学), Baihuazhou Primary School (百花洲小学), Tengwangge Primary School (滕王阁小学), Ji'an Yangming Middle School (吉安阳明中学), and Jiangxi Provincial High School (赣省中学). In 1943, he was admitted to National Chung Cheng University, where he studied under the supervision of Cai Fangyin. After graduating in 1947, he became an assistant at Peiyang University. In 1948, he did his postgraduate work at Tsinghua University under the direction of Zhang Wei.
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