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Xu Houze

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Xu Houze
许厚泽
Born(1934-05-04)4 May 1934
Died31 August 2021(2021-08-31) (aged 87)
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Alma materTongji University
Scientific career
FieldsGeophysics
Geodesy
InstitutionsInstitute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXǔ Hóuzé

Xu Houze (4 May 1934 – 31 August 2021) was a Chinese geodesist and geophysicist, and member of Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1]

Biography

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Xu was born in She County, Anhui, on 4 May 1934. After graduating from Tongji University in 1955, he began graduate work at the Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He joined the Communist Party in May 1983. In June 2006, he was hired as a Distinguished Professor at Shandong University of Technology. In April 2001, he was engaged by Huazhong University of Science and Technology as a professor and director of Institute of Geophysics. On 31 August 2021, he died from an illness in Wuhan, Hubei, aged 87.[2]

He was a delegate to the 6th, 7th and 8th National People's Congress.

Works

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  • 固体地球潮汐 [Solid Earth Tide] (in Chinese). Wuhan, Hubei: Hubei Science and Technology Press. 2010. ISBN 9787535245441.

Honours and awards

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References

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  1. ^ Shuai Junquan (帅俊全) (31 August 2021). 大地测量与地球物理学家许厚泽院士逝世. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ Li Yuan (李苑) (31 August 2021). 大地测量与地球物理学家许厚泽逝世. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 August 2021.