Zhong Xunzheng (; 9 July 1929 – 22 June 2023) was a Chinese architect, and an academician of the

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Biography

Zhong was born in Wugang County (now Wugang),

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, on 9 July 1929. In 1948, he enrolled at National Central University, and graduated from Nanjing University (now

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) in 1952. After university, he taught at

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and soon moved to the Water Conservancy College of

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the next year. In November 1954, he joined the faculty of Nanjing Institute of Technology (now

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). He died of an illness in

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on 22 June 2023, aged 93.

Honours and awards

* November 1997 Member of the

(CAE)

References

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