Tan Qixiang 谭其骧 | |||||||||
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Born | 25 February 1911 | ||||||||
Died | 28 August 1992 | (aged 81)||||||||
Alma mater | Jinan University (Shanghai) Yenching University | ||||||||
Known for | The Historical Atlas of China | ||||||||
Scientific career | |||||||||
Fields | Historical geography | ||||||||
Institutions | Fudan University Zhejiang University | ||||||||
Notable students | Wang Zhongshu Ge Jianxiong Zhou Zhenhe | ||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 谭其骧 | ||||||||
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Courtesy name | |||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 季龙 | ||||||||
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Tan Qixiang (Chinese: 谭其骧; 25 February 1911 − 28 August 1992) was a Chinese geographer and historian who is considered a founder of the field of historical geography in Modern China. His magnum opus, the eight-volume The Historical Atlas of China, was published between 1982 and 1988.[1][2][3] He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1981.