Shen Kuo

Chinese scientist and statesman (1031-1095)

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Biography

Nationality

Song dynasty

Gender

male

Date of birth

1031

Occupation

physicist, cartographer, mathematician, astronomer, poet, civil engineer, diplomat, anthropologist, geologist, politician, philosopher, inventor, writer, meteorologist, pharmacist, economist, astrologer, scholar, botanist, zoologist, entomologist, geophysicist, climatologist

Place of birth

Hangzhou

Country of birth

People's Republic of China

Date of death

1095 (64 years)