Hu Xiansu
Chinese botanist
Hu Xiansu or Hu Hsen-Hsu was a Chinese botanist and traditional scholar. He was the founder of plant taxonomy in China and a pioneer of modern botany and paleobotany research in the country. Wikipedia
Born: May 24, 1894, Xinjian District, Nanchang, China
Died: July 16, 1968 (age 74 years), Beijing, China
Education: Harvard University
Author abbrev. (botany): Hu