# Hu Xiansu

> Hu Xiansu or Hu Hsen-Hsu, courtesy name Buzeng, art name Chan'an, was a Chinese botanist and polymath. He was the founder of modern botany in China, and a pioneer of paleobotany in the country. His most notable scientific achievement was the identification of the living fossil Metasequoia glyptostroboides in 1948, widely considered as one of the greatest botanical discoveries of the 20th century.

*Chinese botanist (1894-1968)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** China
- **Born:** 1894-05-24
- **Died:** 1968-07-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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