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In 1926, Chen returned to Tohoku Imperial University to continue his studies in mathematics, completing his Ph.D. in 1929 and becoming the first international student awarded a Ph.D. by a Japanese university. It was during this time that he met his later colleague
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In the spring of 1946, Chen returned to mainland China (then still controlled by Nationalist government), where he continued teaching in National Chekiang University and became a researcher in the Mathematics Research Institute at the
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After earning his doctorate in 1931, Su Buqing was invited to join Chen's department and take over his position as department chair, allowing Chen to focus more on research. Their collaboration resulted in the
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in 1923, Chen returned to China and became a lecturer at the Zhejiang Industrial School, which was later merged into National Chekiang University. In 1924 he went to
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In recognition of his advancements in the field of mathematics, in 1955 Chen was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in its inaugural year.
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In 1952, Zhejiang University was dissociated and its colleges of sciences and humanities were merged with
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In 1945, after the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chen was invited by biologist Luo Zongluo (
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Mathematics Unbound: The Evolution of an International Mathematical Research Community, 1800-1945
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In 1958, some departments of Zhejiang University were split from the university in order to form
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and Wuhan University. However, on the invitation of National Chekiang University president
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After earning his doctorate, Chen was offered teaching positions at institutions including
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in Princeton, New Jersey. He was elected an academician of the Academia Sinica in 1948.
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General Introduction and brief history, from the College of Science, Zhejiang University
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Pioneering modern Chinese mathematics, founding the Chen-Su school of mathematics
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Chen later went to Japan to continue his studies. In 1916 he graduated from the
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in 1937 forced Chen, and much of Zhejiang University, to relocate from
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Chen Jiangong - information from the website of Shaoxing Government
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and serve as acting dean of NTU during its reorganization.
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Founding members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
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