Zhang Xichang 章锡昌

Ph.D., 1940

Zhang Xichang, born in 1910 in Jiangsu, graduated from Department of Agronomy at Jinling University in 1932, and received a doctoral degree from the University of Minnesota in 1940.

After returning to China, Zhang served as a technician at Central Agricultural Experiment Institute, a professor at Jinling University. After the establishment of People’s Republic of China, he served as deputy director of Huazhong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, researcher at Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and professor at Huazhong Agricultural University.

章锡昌,1910年生于江苏,1932年毕业于金陵大学农艺系,1940年获得明尼苏达大学博士学位。

回国后,章锡昌曾任中央农业实验所技正、金陵大学教授。建国后,他历任华中农业科学研究所副所长、河南省农业科学院研究员、 华中农业大学教授。