Chen Shixiang

Chen Shixiang or Sicien H. Chen (Chinese: 陈世骧; 5 November 1905 – 25 January 1988) was a Chinese entomologist. A native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, he graduated from Fudan University in Shanghai in 1928 before going to France for his doctoral work at the University of Paris. He returned to China in 1935. From 1954 to 1982 he was the director of the Entomological Society of China (中国昆虫学会). He also founded the journal Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, of which he was editor-in-chief from 1954 to 1969.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
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