Zhang Yuzhe

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Zhang Yuzhe (1902 - 1986), or Yu-Che Chang in English, was a Chinese astronomer. He was born in Minhou, in Fujian province. In 1919 he entered Tsinghua University and graduated in 1923. That same year he went to the United States and in 1925 entered the University of Chicago and got his Ph.D. in 1929. That same year he returned to China and took up a teaching post at National Central University. While studying in Chicago, in 1928 he discovered an asteroid, …