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Dong Wang (1916—1957)
Dong Wang, born in Nanpu Town. He liked agriculture since he was a child. After graduating from high school, he went to Nantong Senior Agricultural Middle School and then went to Nantong Agricultural University to study. At that time, Zhang Jian, an industrialist in Nantong, was the principal, and Wang was influenced by it, resulting in the idea of "saving the country through industry".
In p>1927, Dong Wang graduated from Nantong Agricultural University with the first place, and stayed as a teacher. In 1929, he was introduced to Shanghai and worked in the State Tariff Commission, in charge of the revision of import and export taxes on agricultural products. In 1935, he went to Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Hebei, Chad and Sui to investigate the situation of agricultural products. In 1937, he was admitted to the University of Edinburgh in England at the public expense of China and Britain, specializing in animal husbandry. In 1941, he received a Ph.D. degree, followed by internships in universities such as Cambridge, Leiting and Aberdeen, studying animal husbandry, especially feeding, nutrition and pasture.
in p>1941, Wang returned to China and taught in Guizhou A&M College, Northwest Agricultural College and Agricultural College of Central University. From 1942 to 1946, he founded the subject of herbage in Shaanxi Wugong Northwest Agricultural College. In 1947, he served as a special researcher and head of the Department of Nutrition of the Central Animal Husbandry Laboratory.
Dong Wang witnessed the deep suffering of the nation and the dark corruption of reactionary politics. Every time he talked about this, he was filled with indignation and was angry. On the eve of Nanjing's liberation, a few people planned the Central University's move to Taiwan, but he tried his best to oppose it.
After liberation, Dong Wang taught at Nanjing University. In 1952, after the adjustment of the department, he became a professor in the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of Nanjing Agricultural College, and concurrently served as the head of the department the following year. While devoting himself to teaching and scientific research, he studied politics hard and actively participated in social activities. In 1951, he joined the Jiu San Society, attended the First National Congress of Natural Science Workers in China, and participated in the preparatory work of the Chinese Agricultural Society and the Nanjing Branch of China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Association. In 1954, he was elected as the representative of the First People's Congress of Jiangsu Province. In 1956, he joined the China * * * Production Party.
Dong Wang has profound attainments in forage science, animal nutrition and livestock breeding in China. He has studied grasslands for 31 years and has traveled all over Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and Tibet. He has compiled more than ten books, including Animal Nutrition, General Theory of Herbology, Theory and Practice of Grass-field Rotation System, Grassland Management, Various Theories of Herbology, and Summary of Livestock Breeding, with more than 2 million words. He is rigorous in his studies, dares to question in scientific research, innovates and develops, advocates mastery through a comprehensive study, and creates his own opinions. At the beginning of liberation, he pointed out the shortcomings of the current feeding standard in Europe and the United States, and put forward a unique view based on metabolic heat energy, creating Wang feeding standard.
Dong Wang is generous, sincere, humble and courteous, with a wide range of interests and profound knowledge, and has also studied China literature and calligraphy. After suffering from melanoma, Dong Wang still insisted on writing, optimistic and broad-minded. He died in Shanghai on May 5, 1957 at the age of 51.