Kao Ping-tse

Kao Ping-tse
Kao Ping-tse
高平子
Born	23 December 1888; Shanghai
Died	23 March 1970 (aged 81); Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Occupation	Astronomer

Kao Ping-tse (Chinese: 高平子; pinyin: Gāo Píngzǐ; 23 December 1888 – 23 March 1970) was a Chinese astronomer. He was entirely self-taught in this field.^{[citation needed]} The crater Kao on the Moon is named in his honor.

Kao was born in Shanghai. His father was a revolutionary, a Jǔrén 舉人, and a key figure of the Nan Society (South Society, 南社) in the late Qing Dynasty.^[1] He worked at Qingdao Observatory, received from the Japanese after the Washington Naval Conference in 1924. He then worked at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics, one of the founders of Purple Mountain Observatory.

During World War II, he lived in Shanghai. He moved to Taiwan in 1948, during the Chinese Civil War. He died in Taipei.

He is a relative of Charles K. Kao, Kao Hsieh, and Gao Xu.

References

^ "参加南社纪念会姓氏录 List of Nan Society member" (in Chinese). 南社研究網 Research of Nan Society. Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) The Wayback Machine's might be helpful, but it appears as a mess of eight-bit characters.

External links

In "Chinese Lunar Calendar FAQ"
高平子先生简介 (in Chinese). 青岛天文网--中国科学院紫金山天文台青岛观象台/青岛市天文爱好者协会. 2006-02-08. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-10-08.