11 Facts About Chen Jiangong

Chen Jiangong, or Jian-gong Chen, was a Chinese mathematician.

Chen Jiangong was the dean of the Department of Mathematics, National Chekiang University, and a founding academician the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Chen Jiangong studied at Shanyin School and later Shaoxing Prefecture School.

In 1926, Chen Jiangong returned to Tohoku Imperial University to continue his studies in mathematics, completing his Ph.

However, on the invitation of National Chekiang University president Shao Feizhi, Chen Jiangong returned to Zhejiang University to serve as dean of the Department of Mathematics, a position he held for the next 20 years.

In February 1940, Chen Jiangong arrived at Zunyi, and then subsequently Meitan, Guizhou Province, where he helped re-establish the colleges of engineering and sciences.

In 1945, after the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chen Jiangong was invited by biologist Luo Zongluo, who was serving as the 1st president of National Taiwan University, as well as the Nationalist government in Nanjing, to travel to Taipei and serve as acting dean of NTU during its reorganization.

From 1947 to 1948, Chen Jiangong traveled to the United States to do research at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

Chen Jiangong was elected an academician of the Academia Sinica in 1948.

In recognition of his advancements in the field of mathematics, in 1955 Chen Jiangong was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in its inaugural year.

Chen Jiangong was appointed to vice president of Hangzhou University and moved back to Hangzhou.