Ning Jinsheng

[1] Ning was born in Tianjin, on October 22, 1932, while his ancestral home was in Tongcheng County, Anhui.[2] In September 1951, he entered Tongji University, where he studied surveying under Xia Jianbai [zh], Wang Zhizhuo [zh], and Ye Xue'an (叶雪安).After graduating in 1956, he was assigned to the Wuhan Institute of Surveying and Mapping (武汉测量制图学院) as an assistant.In May 1966, during the Cultural Revolution, he was forced to work in the dining room instead of teaching in classrooms.In August 1984, he was appointed vice-president of Wuhan University of Surveying and Mapping Technology (武汉测绘科技大学), rising to the president position in January 1988.
Chinese namefamily nameTianjinTongji UniversityEarth gravityWuhan UniversityLi JianchengTraditional ChineseSimplified ChineseStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinChineseChinese Academy of Engineeringancestral homeTongcheng CountyCultural Revolution