In May 1904, the 30th year of Guangxu's reign, he went to Japan to study. In the same year, he joined the Tongmenghui and studied at Tokyo Hongbun College and Osaka Technical High School, choosing to study "marine machinery". He graduated in 1911 and returned to China. In September 1911, he went to the capital to take the "returnee" examination and was awarded the "Jinshi in Engineering" with the best result.
In 1913, he went to the University of Birmingham in England to study mining first, and then transferred to geology. In May 1918, he obtained a master's degree in natural sciences with his excellent thesis "Geology of China", and then went to the European continent to do geology. inspection.
In 1954, he was elected vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 1955, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1958, he was elected as the first chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology. Died in Beijing on April 29, 1971, at the age of 82.
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Li Siguang is a pioneer in the study of paleontology, geology, and Quaternary geology in China[4]. He founded the geotectonic theory geomechanics, and made great contributions to the Eurasian continent. The origin of the eastern mountain range system offers its own unique perspective, one of the geotectonic theories that preceded the emergence of modern plate tectonics theory.
However, its suppression of different academic views, especially its use of power to promote its geomechanics theory and Quaternary glaciation theory and its suppression of other views after 1949, is also considered political A classic example of a negative impact on scientific development and dissemination.
The research on the fossils and their stratigraphic significance in northern China is the earliest research on the fossils and the Carboniferous Permian in China. The word "?" created by him is used to translate Fusulinid (a long-extinct foraminifera, a protozoa), which is still used by the Chinese paleontological community today.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Li Siguang