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Chinese botanist
Chen Fenghuai
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Born
| May 16, 1900
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Died
| April 13, 1993
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Resting place
| Mountain Lu
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Jiujiang
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Nationality
| Chinese
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Scientific career
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Fields
| Botany
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Chen Feng Huai
(
Chinese
:
?封?
, 1900?1993), also spelled Chen Feng Hwai, was a Chinese
botanist
known primarily for his contributions to the construction and administration of
botanical gardens
in China.
Chen was born in 1900. He was the great grandson of
Chen Baozhen
, governor of
Hunan
. He once studied at
Royal Botanical Garden of Edinburgh
in the 1930s. After he returned to China, he held a position at
Nanchang University
.
He contributed greatly to the construction of botanical gardens in China. He was the director and a founder of the following gardens:
Chen died in 1993 and was buried at
Lushan Botanical Garden
in his beloved place, both of his career and of his family residence, along with two colleagues and fellow founders of the botanical garden,
Hu Xiansu
and
Ren-Chang Ching
.
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