Hu Xiansu
Chinese botanist (1894-1968) · China · Scientists · Died at 74
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Something wrong?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.
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![Hu Xiansu and Hu Shih in 1925, Hu Shih titled this picture "the nemesis friends" due to the friendship between the pair despite disagreements over culture and politics.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Hu_Hsen_Hsu_and_Hu_Shih.jpg)
Hu Xiansu and Hu Shih in 1925, Hu Shih titled this picture "the nemesis friends" due to the friendship between the pair despite disagreements over culture and politics.[1]
"Three Founders tomb", burial site of Chen Fenghuai (left), Hu Xiansu (center) and Ren-Chang Ching (right) at the Lushan Botanical GardenAbout this person
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.
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