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Jack Yung Chang
Jack Yung ChangAs on his tombstone. (; 9 March 1911 – 16 December 1939), courtesy name Junzhi (), was a Chinese historian of mathematics. His most significant work was on calendar systems in Asia. Biography Yung Chang was the second son of Chinese politician Zhang Shizhao. His mother was Wu Ruonan (), a feminist and the first female member of Kuomintang. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and soon returned to China with his mother. He and his two brothers were home-schooled in Beiping. Among their teachers was Li Dazhao, one of the founders of Communist Party of China and a friend of Zhang Shizhao. At age 17, he went to Britain with his parents, then to Germany to learn German and French. In the spring of 1930, he took the national matriculation examination for foreigners in Berlin and was ranked second out of three thousand candidates from over ten countries. He entered University of Göttingen to study mathematics, and he also took classes in physics, chemistry, philosophy an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang (surname)
Zhang () is the third most common surname in China and Taiwan (commonly spelled as "Chang" in Taiwan), and it is one of the most common surnames in the world. Zhang is the pinyin romanization of the very common Chinese surname written in simplified characters and in traditional characters. It is spoken in the first tone: ''Zhāng''. It is a surname that exists in many languages and cultures, corresponding to the surname 'Archer' in English for example. In the Wade-Giles system of romanization, it is romanized as "Chang", which is commonly used in Taiwan; "Cheung" is commonly used in Hong Kong as romanization. It is also the pinyin romanization of the less-common surnames (''Zhāng''), which is the 40th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. There is the even-less common (''Zhǎng''). was listed 24th in the famous Song-era ''Hundred Family Surnames'', contained in the verse 何呂施張 (He Lü Shi Zhang). Today, it is one of the most common surnames in the world a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |