Liang Sicheng
Liang Sicheng (Chinese: 梁思成; pinyin: Liáng Sīchéng; Wade–Giles: Liang Ssu-ch'eng; 20 April 1901 – 9 January 1972) was a Chinese architect. Liang Sicheng returned to China from the United States after studying at the University of Pennsylvania. His wife was Chinese architect and poet Lin Huiyin.Liang is the author of China's first modern history on Chinese architecture and founder of the Architecture Department of Northeastern University in 1928 and Tsinghua University in 1946. He was the Chinese representative in the Design Board which designed the United Nations headquarters in New York. He, along with Lin Huiyin (1904–1955), Mo Zongjiang (1916–1999), and Ji Yutang (1902–c. 1960s), discovered and analyzed the first and second oldest timber structures still standing in China, located at Nanchan Temple and Foguang Temple at Mount Wutai.He is recognized as the “Father of Modern Chinese Architecture”. To cite Princeton University, which awarded him an honorary doctoral degree in 1947, he was “a creative architect who has also been a teacher of architectural history, a pioneer in historical research and exploration in Chinese architecture and planning, and a leader in the restoration and preservation of the priceless monuments of his country.” Liang's father, Liang Qichao, was a thinker of the late Qing Dynasty.
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| Birth date | April 20, 1901 |
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| Date of death | January 09, 1972 |
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| Spouse | Lin Zhu |
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