Li Fuji
Li Fuji ( Chinese 李 复 幾 / 李 复 几 , Pinyin Lǐ Fùjī , W.-G. Li Fu-chi ) (born November 27, 1885 in Shanghai ; † September 1947 in Zigong , Sichuan ) is considered the first Chinese ever to who has a PhD in physics . In Western literature he is known as Li Fo Ki .
Li Fuji was the son of a minister from Fujian Province . He studied from the winter of 1901 in London at Finsbury College and King's College . On May 18, 1906, he enrolled at the Philosophical Faculty of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn as a student of natural sciences. With the physicist Heinrich Kayser , an expert in the field of spectroscopy, Li Fuji completed his dissertation on the subject of " Spectroscopic investigations on P. Lenard's theory of the spectra of alkali metals ". He received his doctorate on March 5, 1907. Li Fuji later returned to China and worked for the Han-ye-ping Corporation. From 1933 he lived in Suzhou .
On the occasion of a cooperation agreement between the University of Bonn and the Jiaotong University in Shanghai , he was remembered as a pioneer of German-Chinese cooperation in the field of science.
literature
- Qu Jing Chen: Chinese physicists educated in Germany and America: Their scientific contributions and their impact on China's higher education. Thesis, Ohio State University, 1998.
Web links
- Press release: First Chinese received doctorate 100 years ago - in physics. In: uni-bonn.de. 2007, archived from the original on June 27, 2008 .
- New cooperation on an old basis: the first Chinese doctorate 100 years ago
- Image from the Bonn University Archives
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Li Fuji |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Li Fo Ki |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shanghai |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1947 |
| Place of death | Zigong , Sichuan |