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Fāng Lìzhī (方 励 之; * February 12, 1936 ; † April 6, 2012 in Tucson , Arizona , USA ) was a Chinese scientist and professor of astrophysics at the Chinese University of Science and Technology in Hefei , Anhui Province .
Life
Fang began studying physics at Peking University at the age of 16 . Here he met his future wife.
He was one of the ideas behind the democracy movement. In 1987 he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party . After the crackdown on student protests in 1989 and the massacre on Tian'anmen Square (Tiananmen Square) , his teaching license was revoked. After the riots, he and his wife fled to the US embassy, where they stayed for 13 months and eventually went into exile in the United States . There, Fang was again academically active and last taught at the University of Arizona .
literature
- Fang Lizhi (1989), China in Transition , edited by Helmut Martin , Berlin: Siedler Verlag, ISBN 3-88680-345-7
Web links
- Literature by and about Fang Lizhi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Chinese dissident Fang Lizhi dies aged 76 - swissinfo. In: swissinfo.ch. Retrieved April 7, 2012 .
- "Chinese Sakharov" dies in exile in the USA , Welt Online , April 7, 2012
- Fang Lizhi dies at 76; Chinese dissident , Los Angeles Times , April 8, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dates of death on Thechinatimes.com (accessed April 8, 2012)
- ↑ Fāng Lìzhī on physics.arizona.edu ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Catch Lizhi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 方 励 之 |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese astrophysicist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1936 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 2012 |
| Place of death | Tucson , Arizona |