Gao Zhentong
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Gao Zhentong | |||||||
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高镇同 | |||||||
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| Born | 15 November 1928 | ||||||
| Died | 21 January 2025 (aged 96) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Peiyang University | ||||||
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| Fields | Structural fatigue | ||||||
| Institutions | Beihang University | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 高镇同 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 高鎮同 | ||||||
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Gao Zhentong (Chinese: 高镇同; 15 November 1928 – 21 January 2025) was a Chinese scientist specializing in structural fatigue, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1]
Gao was born in Beiping (now Beijing), on 15 November 1928, while his ancestral home is in Duchang County, Jiangxi.[2][3] In 1946, he enrolled at Peiyang University (now Tianjin University), where he majored in the Department of Aeronautics.[2][3]
After graduation in 1950, Gao became a teaching assistant at Tsinghua University and moved to Beihang University in 1952.[2][3] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1986.[2][3]
Gao died in Beijing on 21 January 2025, at the age of 96.[2][3]
