Jiang Lifu

Jiang Lifu
Born	4 July 1890 Pingyang County, Zhejiang, Qing Dynasty
Died	3 February 1978(1978-02-03) (aged 87) Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Nationality	Chinese
Education	University of California Harvard University
Children	1 son

Jiang Lifu (4 July 1890 – 3 February 1978) was a Chinese mathematician and educator widely regarded as the Father of modern Chinese mathematics. His main research areas are the theory of syringine geometry and matrix.

Life

Born in 1890 during the late Qing Dynasty, Jiang Lifu was a native of Pingyang County in Wenzhou.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California in May 1915 and entered Harvard University in 1916, where he obtained his second degree there in 1919.

In 1920, he founded the Department of Studies at Nankai University and was the only teacher teaching in that department. It was also stated by many of his former students that his teaching was very strict. In 1934, Jiang went to the University of Hamburg and the University of Göttingen. During World War 2, he went to teach at the war-time formed National Southwestern Associated University, and was selected to be the new mathematics society chairman.

Family

Jiang Lifu had a son, Jiang Boju, who is a professor of mathematics at Peking University.