BIOLOGIST

Yang Zhongjian

1897 - 1979

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yang Zhongjian is the 923rd most popular biologist (down from 808th in 2019), the 924th most popular biography from China (up from 935th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Yang Zhongjian ranks 923 out of 1,097. Before him are Joshua Brookes, Jan Sztolcman, Edward Bagnall Poulton, Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, Thomas Thomson, and Gaston Bonnier. After him are Barry Commoner, Mary Katharine Brandegee, George Romanes, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Thomas Pennant, and Ken Alibek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Yang Zhongjian ranks 259. Before him are Knudåge Riisager, Kálmán Tihanyi, Muriel Freeman, Memphis Minnie, Henri Dulieux, and Ferruccio Novo. After him are Theodora Kroeber, Edward Moore, George Murdock, Blind Willie Johnson, Juan Natalicio González, and Jackson Scholz. Among people deceased in 1979, Yang Zhongjian ranks 220. Before him are Ethel Lackie, Eduardo Astengo, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Paolo Barison, Joseph Alcazar, and Alessandro Frigerio. After him are Theodora Kroeber, Sven Utterström, Vincenzo Cuccia, Virgilio Piñera, Géza Kádas, and Ermindo Onega.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yang Zhongjian ranks 924 out of 1,610. Before him are Wei Fenghe (1954), He Guoqiang (1943), Nina Li Chi (1961), John Hersey (1914), Zhang Zhilei (1983), and Taylor Wang (1940). After him are Gu Chaohao (1926), Vivian Wu (1966), Hui Liangyu (1944), Li Shangfu (1958), Qiao Guanhua (1913), and Sun Chunlan (1950).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In China

Among biologists born in China, Yang Zhongjian ranks 3. Before him are Leizu (null), and Flossie Wong-Staal (1946). After him are Shi Zhengli (1964), Xu Xing (1969), and Feng Zhang (1981).

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