Li Shu-hua, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Li Shu-hua

Chinese scientist

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1890

Place of Birth: Lulong County, Hebei, China

Date of Death: 05-Jul-1979

Profession: politician, physicist, biologist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Li Shu-hua (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Li Shuhuá, courtesy name: Runzhang ??, 23 September 1890 – 5 July 1979) was a Chinese physical scientist, educator, and administrator at Peking University and a Chinese diplomat.
He was the brother of Li Shu-tien.
He went to France where he earned a doctorate in Physics.
In 1922 he returned to China where he worked at the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China and at the Academia Sinica. From 1935-1949 he was chairman of the Chinese delegation of the Commission Mixte des Oeuvres Franco-Chinoises.
In 1945 he was elected a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang and participated in the conference for the founding of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
In 1946, 1947, and 1949 he attended the general conferences of the UNESCO as a Chinese delegate; in 1952 he served as chairman of the Chinese delegation to the Seventh General Conference of UNESCO. In 1949 he returned to France where he did research work at the Universite de Paris.
In the academic year of 1951-1952 he taught Chinese language and culture at the University of Hamburg in Germany.
He relocated to New York City in 1953 and died of a heart attack there in 1979.