Yao Tongbin

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Yao Tongbin ( Chinese : 姚桐斌 ; born September 3, 1922 in Wuxi , Republic of China ; † June 8, 1968 in Beijing , People's Republic of China ) was a Chinese materials scientist and best known for his work as an expert in metallurgy, aerospace materials, Missile materials and process technology in the Chinese atomic bomb program.

Life

Yao Tongbin in Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany, shortly before his return to China.

After studying at Jiaotong University, Yao went to Great Britain in October 1947 to study foundry at the University of Birmingham . In 1951 he received his PhD in engineering from the University of Birmingham. In June 1953, Yao graduated from the Royal School of Mines at Imperial College London with a degree in metallurgy . At the invitation of Eugen Piwowarsky from the University of Aachen , he moved to the Federal Republic of Germany in early 1954 and worked at the University of Aachen as a research assistant at the then Institute for Metallurgy. After his return from the Federal Republic of Germany in 1957, Yao first worked in China as a research assistant at the 5th Research Institute of the Chinese Ministry of Defense, later as director of the Research Institute for Material and Process Technology.

During the Cultural Revolution , Yao, known as a “reactionary academic authority”, was brutally beaten to death on June 8, 1968 by the “revolutionary masses”.

After the end of the Cultural Revolution, the two perpetrators were sentenced to 15 years and 12 years in prison, respectively, for the murder of Yao.

In 1999, shortly before the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Yao was posthumously awarded the "Two Bombs and a Satellite" Merit Award for his contributions to the Chinese atomic bomb program.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Making Breakthroughs in the Turbulent Decade: China's Space Technology During the Cultural Revolution. In: ScienceDirect. Elsevier, August 2, 2017, accessed April 12, 2020 .
  2. ↑ The Life of Yao Tongbin - "Two Bombs and a Satellite" Award Winner. Retrieved April 12, 2020 (Chinese).
  3. ↑ Please think of Yao Tongbin on the 50th anniversary of his death. Retrieved April 12, 2020 (Chinese).
  4. ^ The Lessons of History: The Chinese People's Liberation Army at 75 (p. 198). July 1, 2003, accessed April 20, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Yao Tongbin. Retrieved April 12, 2020 (Chinese).
  6. ↑ Biography of Yao Tongbin. Accessed April 13, 2020 (English).
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Yao is the family name here, Tongbin is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Yao, Tongbin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 姚桐斌 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese materials scientist
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuxi , Republic of China
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1968
Place of death Beijing , People's Republic of China