Ke Jun, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ke Jun

Chinese material scientist

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1917

Place of Birth: Changchun, Jilin, China

Date of Death: 08-Aug-2017

Profession: materials scientist

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Ke Jun (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Ke Jun; Wade–Giles: K'o Chün; 23 June 1917 – 8 August 2017) was a Chinese metallurgist who specialized in the formation of bainite.
He was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980. Born in 1917, Ke graduated from the Chemistry Department of Wuhan University in 1938.
He gained his doctorate degree at University of Birmingham in Britain in 1948.
He died in Beijing on 8 August 2017 at the age of 100.