Xu Zhihong (, born 1942) is a Chinese
botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
and former President of
Peking University
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Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charter ...
. He is a former vice-president of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2009, Zhihong was conferred upon the award of Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam in recognition of his services to Pakistan.
Asteroid
90826 Xuzhihong, discovered by the
Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program in 1995, was named in his honor.
The official was published by the
Minor Planet Center
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Function
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on 4 October 2009 ().
References
External links
Biography of Xu Zhihong
1942 births
Living people
Academics of the University of Nottingham
Biologists from Jiangsu
20th-century Chinese botanists
Educators from Wuxi
Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic staff of Peking University
Presidents of Peking University
Scientists from Wuxi
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