Wan Chun Cheng, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wan Chun Cheng

Chinese botanist

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1908

Place of Birth: Tongshan District, Jiangsu, China

Date of Death: 25-Jul-1987

Profession: biologist, botanist, explorer

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Wan Chun Cheng or Zheng Wanjun (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zhèng Wànjun, 1908–1987) was a Chinese botanist.
Initially one of the Chinese plant collectors who followed in the wake of the Europeans after 1920, he became one of the world's leading authorities on the taxonomy of gymnosperms.
Working at the National Central University in Nanjing, he was instrumental in the identification in 1944 of the Dawn Redwood, Metasequoia glyptostroboides previously known only from fossils.
The plant Juniperus chengii is named in his honour.