Background
Xu was born in Linhai of Taizhou, Zhejiang Province on May 3 of 1920.
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Xu Liangying
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Education
Xu graduated from the Department of Physics of Zhejiang University in 1942.
Career
Xu was a student of Shu Xingbei (aka Hsin Pei Soh, 束星北) and Wang Ganchang (王淦昌). Xu was an editor of Chinese Science Bulletin (科学通报), a popular science magazine in China. Xu was treated unfairly during Mao"s Anti-Rightist Movement which started in 1957, and he was sent back to his hometown to "Laogai".
After Deng"s political reform, Xu reobtained his normal citizenship, and went back to work in Beijing.
Xu was a longtime researcher at the Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院自然科学史研究所).
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Nationality
People's Republic of China
Awards
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Heinz R. Pagels Human Rights of Scientists Sakharov Prize
The Sakharov Prize, officially known as the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, was established in December 1988 by the European Parliament as a means to honor individuals and groups of people who have dedicated their lives to the defense of human rights and freedom of thought.The Sakharov Prize, officially known as the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, was established in December 1988 by the European Parliament as a means to honor individuals and groups of people who have dedicated their lives to the defense of human rights and freedom of thought.