Yuan Zhongyi (袁仲一; born 1932) is a
Chinese archaeologist
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He is best known for his work in the excavation and preservation of the
Terracotta Army in
Xi'an,
China
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and is praised as "the father of the Terracotta Warriors".
Yuan graduated from
East China Normal University in
Shanghai where he received the bachelor's and master's degrees of history respectively in 1960 and 1963.
References
*Europa Publications: ''The International Who's Who 2004''. Routledge 2003, , p. 1861-1862 ()
Chinese archaeologists
Living people
1932 births
East China Normal University
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