Background
Rao was born in Jiangxi Province. His father was a government officer in Qing Dynasty.
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Education
Peking
He studied Chinese classic literature in childhood.
Career
In 1905, he went to study in a high school in Shanghai. Doctor Hu Shih taught his English. In 1913, Rao went to study in the United States, sponsored by the government.
He was first recruited to the of California, and moved to the of Chicago, He obtained his bachelor in physics in winter 1917.
He enrolled in the graduate school at Harvard in 1918. Later, he moved to Yale and then Princeton He received his master"s degree from Princeton in 1921, and his doctorate in 1922.
His dissertation was on the emission efficiency of low-pressure electrical arch, under the supervision of Knight of the Order of the Thistle Compton. He returned to China and was recruited to Nankai, where he founded the department of physics and served as chairman
His students included Ta-You Wu, Wu Daren, Yung-huai Kuo, Jiang Zehan, Ma Shijun, Shen Youzhen, Shiing-shen Chern and Zheng Huazhi.
In 1929, Rao went to do research at of Leipzig in Germany. He returned in 1932 and became a fellow in the physics institute of Peking Research Institute. He later became the chair of the physics department at Peking, and was promoted to the dean of school of science in 1935.
He was the chair of the physics department at the National Southwestern Associated during Sino-Japanese War.
From 1944 to 1947, he studies the molecular spectra in the United States, in collaboration with A. H. Nielsen. In 1949, Rao chose to stay at Peking, upon the establishment of the People"s Republic of China.
He continued to serve as dean and chair of physics until 1951. Rao was severely persecuted in Cultural Revolution.
He committed suicide on the campus on October 16, 1968.
He was rehabilitated in 1978.
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Membership
Chinese Academy of Sciences]
He was elected as member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1955.
