Chen Fenghuai

Chinese botanist

Chen Fenghuai

陈封怀
Born| May 16, 1900

Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Qing Dynasty

Died| April 13, 1993

Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Resting place| Mountain Lu, Jiujiang
Nationality| Chinese
Alma mater|

* Jinling University
* National Central University (Nanjing)
* Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Scientific career
Fields| Botany
Institutions|

* Tsinghua University
* Nanchang University

Chen Feng Huai (Chinese: 陈封怀, 1900–1993), also spelled Chen Feng Hwai, was a Chinese botanist known primarily for his contributions to the construction and administration of botanical gardens in China.

Chen was born in 1900. He was the great grandson of Chen Baozhen, governor of Hunan. He once studied at Royal Botanical Garden of Edinburgh in the 1930s. After he returned to China, he held a position at Nanchang University.

He contributed greatly to the construction of botanical gardens in China. He was the director and a founder of the following gardens:

* Lushan Botanical Garden
* Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) Botanical Garden in Nanjing
* Wuhan Botanical Garden
* South China Botanical Garden

Tombs of the Three Elders

Chen Fenghuai

Tombs of Chen Fenghuai, Hu Xiansu, and Ren-Chang Ching at Lushan Botanical Garden

Chen died in 1993 and was buried at Lushan Botanical Garden in his beloved place, both of his career and of his family residence, along with two colleagues and fellow founders of the botanical garden, Hu Xiansu and Ren-Chang Ching.

The standard author abbreviation F.H.Chen is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ International Plant Names Index.  F.H.Chen.

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

Academics|

* International Plant Names Index

This article about a Chinese botanist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template