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Joseph Needham

Joseph Needham
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Born Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham
6 December 1900 (1900-12-06)
London, England, UK
Died 24 March 1995 (1995-03-25) (aged 94)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Alma mater Oundle School
Gonville and Caius College
Cambridge University
Occupation Historian, biochemist
Spouse(s) Dorothy Moyle Needham (m. 1924; d. 1987)
Lu Gwei-djen (m. 1989; d. 1991)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 李約瑟
Simplified Chinese 李约瑟

Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham CH FRS FBA (/ˈndəm/; 9 December 1900 – 24 March 1995) was a British scientist, historian and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1941, and a fellow of the British Academy in 1971. In 1992, the Queen conferred on him the Companionship of Honour, and the Royal Society noted he was the only living person to hold these three titles.

Needham was the only child of a London family. His father was a doctor, and his mother, Alicia Adelaïde, née Montgomery (1863–1945), was a music composer from Oldcastle, Co. Meath, Ireland. Needham was educated at Oundle School (founded in 1556 in Northamptonshire) before going up to the University of Cambridge, where he earned all his degrees: bachelor's in 1921, master's in January 1925, and doctorate in October 1925. He had intended to study medicine but came under the influence of Frederick Gowland Hopkins and switched to Biochemistry.


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