Biography Tang Fei-fan

1 biography

1.1 life
1.2 education
1.3 sino-japanese war
1.4 people s republic era

biography
early life

tang born tang ruizhao (湯瑞昭) in tangjiaping village of liling, hunan, on july 23, 1897, relatively poor gentry family, during qing empire. second of 3 children. had younger brother, tang qiufan (湯秋凡). father tang luquan (湯麓泉) taught @ family friend zhongshan s (何忠善) old-style private school, in tang fei-fan studied poetry, history, philosophy, mathematics, , natural science. s son, jian, became tang fei-fan s close friend. learning west advanced science , technology；invigorating chinese nation , tang fei-fan had heard hometown folks talk reform , revolution in childhood. when chinese called sick man of asia , tang fei-fan determined study medicine science.

education

at age of twelve, attended chengnan school in changsha, capital of hunan province. after graduating xiangya college of medicine (now xiangya school of medicine, central south university) in 1921, earned doctor s degree in medical science yale university. went china in 1921 , year studied, taught @ peking union medical college. in 1925 went united states again study bacteriology under professor hans zinsser @ harvard university. returned china in 1929 , in meantime became professor @ medical school of national central university. in 1935 recruited researcher @ british national institute medical research, position in remained until 1937. 1 day, japanese visitor want shake hands tang fei-fan, refused , sternly said: motherland being invaded country. s pity can t shake hands you, please ask country stop invasion of motherland!

sino-japanese war

tang fei-fan , joseph needham in 1944 in kunming, yunnan.

after outbreak of second sino-japanese war in 1938, founded central epidemic prevention laboratory in kunming, capital of southwest china s yunnan province, , served director. made china s first batch of penicillin vaccines , serum team soldiers @ front. after war established china s first antibiotic research , penicillin production workshop, normal bcg vaccine laboratory.

in 1947 paid fact-finding visit united kingdom, attended 4th world conference of international union of microbiological societies (iums) in kingdom of denmark, , became standing committee.

people s republic era

after establishment of communist state, tang successively served director of institute of biological products of ministry of health, director of chinese medical association, , director general of chinese society microbiology. in 1950 joined newly created national institute control of pharmaceutical , biological products, working director. during time in office, directed develop china s first biological products specification - verification regulation of biological products (《生物製品檢定規程（草案）》). same year, terrible plague hit whole north china, developed china s own yellow fever vaccine.

in mid 1950s, first cultured chlamydia trachomatis agent in yolk sacs of eggs.

in 1958, pulling out bourgeois white flag movement (拔资产阶级白旗运动) broke out. tang denounced , labeled capitalist academic authority , scum of nation , faithful running dog kuomintang reactionaries , american spy , international spy , large white flag on socialist positions , ride on backs of people , pseudo scientist , sell interests of own country . because of unbearable insult killed himself on september 30, 1958.

in 1978, communist party rehabilitated many victims suffered political persecution or died in mass socialism political movements except tang fei-fan. in june 1979, ministry of health held memorial service him.

in 1981, i/o acceleration technology (ioat) bestowed gold medal upon him. foreign scholars didn t know had died. held in high esteem british sinologist joseph needham.