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Code	DS/UK/431
Name	Hu Xiansu (1894-1968); Botanist
Dates and Places	b.24 May 1894; d.16 July 1968
Surname	Hu Xiansu
History	Founder of plant taxonomy in china and a pioneer of modern botany research. Became a faculty member of National Nanking Higher Normal School and then National Southeastern University. In 1926, resigned from Department of Biology of Southeastern University and became a full-time research fellow at Institute of Biology of China Science Society. He cofounded Fan Memorial Insititute of Biology in Peiping (Beijing) in 1928. Founded Lushan Botanical Garden in 1934 and Yunnan Institute of Agriculture and Forest in 1938. Established the first plantation for botanical research at Mount Lu in Jiangxi and initiated large-scale survey of flora of China.
Rules	International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Source	VIAF: 66861295
Source	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu_Xiansu (12/08/2019)

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MCR/4/2/1	China and Tibet: Miscellaneous	31 Mar 1866-2 Jul 1925

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