Name Wang You Role Actor | Ancestry Wuxi | |
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Spouse Jeannette Lin Tsui (m. 1969–1975), Wang Kaizhen (m. ?–1997) Children Linda Wong, Wong Ka-lau, Wong Mei-yee Nominations Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Movies One‑Armed Swordsman, One Armed Boxer, Dragon, Return of the One‑Arm, Master of the Flying Guillotine Similar People Chang Cheh, Linda Wong, Lo Lieh, Jeannette Lin Tsui, David Chiang | ||
Wang You (Chinese: 汪猷, Pinyin: Wāng Yóu), also known as Yu Wang, 7 June 1910 – 6 May 1997, was a Chinese chemist and biochemist. He was a pioneer of antibiotics and biochemistry studies in China.
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Life
Wang was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He first studied applied chemistry at Zhejiang University. He went to Nanjing and graduated from the Department of Industrial Chemistry, Jinling University in 1931. He obtained his PhD from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1937.
Between November 1952 and July 1984, chronologically, Wang was the deputy director, acting director, director (later the honorary director 1984–1997) of the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science (Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry is the most prestigious institute for organic chemistry research in China).
Wang participated and played an important role in the artificial synthesis of cattle insulin. He also made contributions to modern Chinese biochemical industries.
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