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Zhang Houchuan (Chinese: 张厚粲, April 10, 1927 - December 24, 2022), a female from Nanpi, Hebei, was the granddaughter of Zhang Zhidong, a renowned courtier in the late Qing Dynasty.[1] She is a Chinese psychologist, and a professor at Beijing Normal University. [2]

Biography

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Zhang Houchuan was enrolled to Aurora University in Shanghai, China, after graduating from Bridgeman Girls' School in 1944. Zhang Houchuan returned to Beijing in 1945 as a result of the Japanese army's bombardment of Shanghai. She subsequently enrolled in the Department of Psychology at Fu Jen Catholic University, where he was instructed by Professor Lin Chuanding (Chinese: 林传鼎).[3] She graduated from the university in 1948 with a B.S. degree in Education, and remained at the university as an assistant professor. Subsequent to the nationwide restructuring of colleges and universities in 1952, the Department of Psychology at Fu Jen Catholic University was merged with the Department of Education at Beijing Normal University. She served as a visiting scholar at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pennsylvania in the United States from September 1981 to November 1982. She was the head of the Department of Psychology at Beijing Normal University from 1984 to 1986, where she introduced Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children to China.[4][5] She was also a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan from August 1986 to May 1987. She was designated as a Counselor of the State Council in 1988.[6][7]

She was a member of the Social and Legal Affairs Committee and the Eighth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from 1993 to 1997. In 1998, she was a member of the Ninth National Committee of the CPPCC and the Committee of Literature and Historical Materials.[8] This lasted until 2002.

At the age of 95, she died in Beijing on December 24, 2022.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ 人物 (in Chinese). 生活・读书・新知三联书店. 1995. p. 89-94. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  2. ^ 中国人民政治协商会议. 湖北省委员会. 文史资料研究委员会 (1992). 湖北文史资料 (in Chinese). 湖北人民出版社. p. 150. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  3. ^ 新华月报社 (2009). 新华月报 (in Chinese). 人民出版社. p. 94. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  4. ^ 护理心理学 (in Chinese). BEIJING BOOK CO. INC. 2017. p. 277. ISBN 978-7-5349-8153-1. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  5. ^ 敎育评价概论. 中国当代教育理论丛书 (in Chinese). 河北教育出版社. 1996. p. 49. ISBN 978-7-5434-2808-9. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  6. ^ Service Center for Chinese Publications (1995). 中共重要历史文献资料汇编. 中共重要历史文献资料汇编 (in Chinese). 中文出版物服务中心. p. 410. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  7. ^ 中国当代教育名家 (in Chinese). 社会科学文献出版社. 2018. p. 45. ISBN 978-7-5201-3290-9. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  8. ^ 中国人民政治协商会议年鉴 (in Chinese). 中国文史出版社. 1999. p. 173. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  9. ^ "心理学大家张厚粲离世：她用一生研究为中国人才选拔带来质变". 澎湃新闻 (in Chinese). 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  10. ^ "中国心理学奠基人、张之洞孙女张厚粲逝世，享年95岁". 新浪新闻_手机新浪网 (in Chinese). 2022-12-24. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
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