# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hou-debang
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:26:41.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hou-debang"
name: "Hou Debang"
slug: "hou-debang"
description: "Hou Debang, also known as Hou Qirong (侯启荣) and Hou Te-Pang, was a Chinese chemist and chemical engineer. He was born in Taijiang District of Fuzhou. Graduating from Tsinghua Preparatory School in 1912, Hou was one of the scholars sent to the United States to study modern technologies. He obtained his master's degree in chemical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1917), and later obtained his doctoral degree at Columbia University (1921)."
tagline: "Chinese scientist (1890–1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E4%BE%AF%E5%BE%B7%E6%A6%9C%E9%99%A2%E5%A3%AB.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1890-08-09"
deathDate: "1974-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.78
  momentum:             3.138412288337873
  historical:           4.632544
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A8u_D%C3%A1ik-b%C5%8Dng"
    title: "Hèu Dáik-bōng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Debang"
    title: "Hou Debang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho%C5%AD_Debang"
    title: "Hoŭ Debang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%97%88%EC%9A%B0%EB%8D%94%EB%B0%A9"
    title: "허우더방"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BE%AF%E5%BE%B7%E6%A6%9C"
    title: "侯德榜"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2489789"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump