Liu Dajun (; 2 July 1926 – 22 August 2016) was a Chinese

agronomist An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.), is a professional in the science, practice, and management of agriculture and agribusiness. It is a regulated profession in Canada, India, the Philippines, the ...

, educator and an academician of the

Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

(CAE).

Biography

Liu graduated from

University of Nanking The University of Nanking, known in Chinese as Jinling University (金陵大学, Jinling being the ancient name of Nanking) was a private university in Nanjing, China sponsored by American churches. Founded in 1888, it effectively become defunct i ...

in 1949, majoring in agronomy. He became a teaching assistant at University of Nanking. He moved to Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy by government study abroad scholarship in 1955 and earned his master's degree in 1959. Liu returned to China and taught at

Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU, ) is a public research university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. It is funded by the Ministry of Education of China as part of the nation's Double First Class University Plan and former Project 21 ...

. His research area was wheat genetics and breeding. He was the

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of Nanjing Agricultural University between 1983 and 1991. He was elected an academician of the

in 1999. Liu died on 22 August 2016 at the age of 90 in

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1926 births 2016 deaths Chinese agronomists Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Scientists from Changzhou Academic staff of the University of Nanking Educators from Changzhou {{China-scientist-stub