Fan Haifu | |
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范海福 | |
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| Born | 15 August 1933 |
| Died | 8 July 2022 (aged 88) Beijing, China |
| Education | Guangdong Experimental High School Peking University |
| Spouse | Li Fanghua |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Crystallography |
| Workplaces | Chinese Academy of Sciences The World Academy of Sciences |
Fan Haifu (Chinese: 范海福; pinyin: Fàn Haǐfú; 15 August 1933 – 8 July 2022) was a Chinese crystallographer, physicist, and writer. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences.
Fan was born and raised in Guangzhou, Guangdong, during the Republic of China. He secondary studied at Guangdong Experimental High School (Chinese: 广东实验中学). He graduated from Peking University in 1956, where he majored in chemistry. He studied chemistry and physics under Tang Youqi (Chinese: 唐有祺), Fu Ying (Chinese: 傅鹰), Xu Guangxian, Zhou Guangzhao, Chen Shaoli (Chinese: 陈绍礼), and Wu Qianzhang (Chinese: 吴乾章). After graduation, he applied for an internship in the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and became a professor at University of Science and Technology of China and Sun Yat-sen University.
He was elected a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991 and a fellow of the World Academy of Sciences in 2000. He is also a recipient of the 1996 TWAS Prize.
Fan married Li Fanghua, who was also a Chinese physicist.