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古植物学的故事（2）：丁文江与中国古植物学的兴起
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古植物学的故事（2）：丁文江与中国古植物学的兴起
发表于 2009-8-29 22:31:13
The rise of Chinese palaeobotany emphasizing the global context
----Initial development of palaeobotanical activities in China (by Qigao Sun)
Ting V.K. (Ding Wen–Jiang, 1887–1936) is a famous leader of the Chinese geological sciences. The initial development of Chinese palaeobotany benefits from the ambitious academic activities of Ting V.K. who was a politically influential organizer. Ting V.K. left China for Japan to study at the age of 15. Two years later he transferred to Britain. He graduated from Glasgow University in Scotland in 1911 with two degrees, one in geology and the other in zoology. He returned home to China and founded the Geological Institute in Beijing in 1913 and the Geological Survey of China in 1916. Ting V.K. started some professional journals, such as Bulletin of the Geological Survey of China in 1919, Bulletin of the Geological Society of China in 1922 (Ting, 1922a,b) and Palaeontologia Sinica (Series A) in 1922. These journals welcomed palaeobotanical papers. It is very important to note that most of the papers which appeared in these journals are in English. It seems reasonable that these journals are regarded as international journals at that time. The establishment of palaeobotanical organization and journals received great help from foreign colleagues, such as Swedish geologist Dr J. G. Andersson (1874–1960), and stimulated the rise of Chinese palaeobotany (Duan, 1990; Li, 2000).
Fig.1. Ting V.K. (Ding Wen–Jiang, 1887–1936) (From Huang et al., 1993)
Ting V.K. was very active in international co-operation for the development of Chinese palaeobotany, inviting foreign experts to work in China. For example, in 1914 Ting V.K. invited Professor J.G. Andersson to China to serve as a mining advisor for the Chinese government. Dr Andersson worked in China for 12 years (Halle, 1927; Duan, 1990) and collected many fossils in China. A total of 1,316 crates of specimens were transported to Sweden in 1923, among which there were 474 crates of fossil plants. Professor T.G. Halle was invited to work in China in 1916-1917 and trained Chinese Students such as Chow T.H. (Zhou Zan–Heng, 1893– 1967) (Halle, 1927; Duan, 1990). In 1923 Chow T.H. published a paper about some younger Mesozoic plants from Shantung (Chow, 1923) and he was considered to be the first Chinese expert to publish a palaeobotanical paper (Zhu, 1994; Li, 2000). In 1925 a group of American geologists and palaeontologists of the Third Asiatic Expedition were invited to China. American palaeobotanist R.W. Chaney and his colleagues gave talks about their research at the Beijing Geological Survey on Sep 23, 1925, which were organized by the Geological Society of China (Wang, 2002). Meanwhile, Chinese students were chosen and sent abroad for study. Chow T.H. was sent to Sweden to study palaeobotany in 1918--1923. After Chow returned to China he regrettably abandoned palaeobotanical studies although he was engaged in lots of academic organization (Li, 2000). Sze Hsing–Chien (Si Xing–Jian, 1901–1964) was sent to Germany to study palaeoboatny in 1928 (Zhang & Wang, 1994).
[节选自：Sun Q.G., 2005. The rise of Chinese palaeobotany emphasizing the global context.
In: Bowden, A.J., Burek, C.V. & Wilding, R. (eds) History of Palaeobotany: Selected Essay. London: Geological Society, Special Publications, 241:293-298 ]
In: Bowden, A.J., Burek, C.V. & Wilding, R. (eds) History of Palaeobotany: Selected Essay. London: Geological Society, Special Publications, 241:293-298 ]
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