Zhongguo Jindai Shengwuxue de Fazhan 中国近代生物学的发展 [The Development of Modern Biology in China]

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¹ Jindai and xiandai 現代 imply different periods in Chinese, but both tend to be translated as “modern” in English.

² This translation follows the English title of the book, but ambiguity exists in the Chinese title: it could mean either “Modern Biology in China” or “Biology in Modern China,” or both. From its contents, maybe “A Survey of the Development of Biology in Early Modern China” is more precise.

³ Hu was librarian at the Lushan Botanical Garden and became an independent historian after retirement. He has published a number of books on botanical institutes in China, such as Historical Manuscripts of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology (2005); The First Thirty Years of the Lushan Botanical Garden,1934–1964 (2009); A Brief History of the Institute of Botany, National Academy of Peiping (2010); and The Early History of the South China Botanical Garden (2013), among others.

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Ang Li

Ang Li worked for the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences from July 2010 to June 2018, first as assistant professor and then as associate professor. She is currently an independent scholar living in British Columbia. Her main interest is the history of biology. A book manuscript based on her PhD thesis “Characteristics of the Development of Modern Botany in China (1858–1949)” is in preparation.