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Native name
  
李小文

Nationality
  
Chinese


Name
  
Li Xiaowen

Fields
  
Li Xiaowen wwwchinavitaecomphotoslixiaowen949jpg

Born
  
March 2, 1947Zigong, Sichuan (
1947-03-02
)

Institutions
  
Beijing Normal UniversityChinese Academy of Sciences

Died
  
January 10, 2015, Beijing, China

Institution
  
Beijing Normal University, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Li Xiaowen (Chinese: 李小文; pinyin: Lǐ Xiǎowén; 2 March 1947 – 10 January 2015), also known as "Shoes academician" (Chinese: 布鞋院士) and "Sweeping monk" (Chinese: 扫地僧), was a Chinese scientist and professor at Beijing Normal University.

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Biography

Li was born in Zigong, Sichuan, on March 2, 1947, with his ancestral home in Guichi District of Chizhou, Anhui. He graduated from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 1968. After the Cultural Revolution, he went to United States of America to study at University of California, Santa Barbara, he earned a master's degree in geography and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering. After graduation, he taught at Beijing Normal University, he was Deputy Dean of the Environmental Science College of Beijing Normal University. He was a winner of the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Award (Chinese: 长江学者奖励计划) from the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.

In 2001, he was elected a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

On January 10, 2015, he died of illness in Beijing.

Personal life

Li and his wife (her family name is Wu (Chinese: )) had two daughters, now they live in the United States.

References

Li Xiaowen Wikipedia


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