Lou Zhicen
| Lou Zhicen 楼之岑 | |
|---|---|
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Lou Zhicen (left) and Tu Youyou in 1951. | |
| Native name | 楼之岑 (Lóu Zhīcén) |
| Born |
January 28, 1920 Xiaofeng County, Zhejiang, China |
| Died |
March 23, 1995 (aged 75) Beijing, China |
| Residence | Beijing |
| Citizenship | People's Republic of China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Fields | Pharmacognosy |
| Institutions |
Peking University Medical School / Beijing Medical College (now Peking University Health Science Center)[lower-alpha 1] Chinese Academy of Engineering |
| Alma mater |
National Military Medical Academy University of London |
| Notable students | Tu Youyou |
| Influenced | Tu Youyou |
Lou Zhicen (simplified Chinese: 楼之岑; traditional Chinese: 樓之岑; pinyin: Lóu Zhīcén; 28 January 1920 – 23 March 1995) was a Chinese pharmacognosist and educator. Lou comes from a long line doctors and graduated from the University of London. Lou was a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[2] He was vice-president of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association (CPA) and a member of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission. He was chief editor of Chinese Pharmaceutical Journal and Bulletin of Chinese Materia Medica, and associate chief editor of Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica. Lou was the graduate tutor of Tu Youyou, who is a renowned pharmaceutical chemist, educator and Nobel laureate.[3]
Biography
Lou was born in Xiaofeng County (now Anji County), Zhejiang, Republic of China on January 28, 1920, to a family of physicians. He attended Xiaofeng County Sun Yat-sen Primary School and Zhejiang Provincial Huzhou Junior High School. In 1936 he was accepted to Zhejiang Provincial Xianghu Village Normal School and he entered Zhejiang Provincial Joint Normal School in February 1939. In the summer of 1939 he was accepted to National Military Medical Academy, after graduation, he taught there. In 1943 he became a member of the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) and he was an editor of Quarterly Journal of Pharmacy. In September 1945 he entered the University of London, where he majored in pharmacognosy. He took up a post as research assistant in the Department of Pharmacology in 1948.
He returned to China (the newly established People's Republic) in January 1951 and in that year became an associate professor of the Department of Pharmacy at Zhejiang University. Seven months later, he taught at Peking University Medical School (later Beijing Medical College, now Peking University Health Science Center[lower-alpha 1]). He was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in June 1994.
He died on March 23, 1995, in Beijing.
Notes
- 1 2 In 1951 Lou Zhicen joined Peking University Medical School (北京大学医学院) which became the independent Beijing Medical College (北京医学院) in 1952. Later in 1985 it was renamed Beijing Medical University (北京医科大学), and was returned to Peking University as Peking University Health Science Center (北京大学医学部) since 2005.[1]
References
- ↑ "Introduction". Peking University Health Science Center. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ↑ "Lou Zhicen". Chinese Academy of Engineering (in Chinese).
- ↑ 屠呦呦：著名生药学家楼之岑指导我鉴别药材. rmzxb.com.cn (in Chinese). 2015-12-14.