耀平
(有光)
"Yàopíng, Yao-p'ing, Yǒuguāng, Yu-kuang"
周
aka Zhōu, Chou
Born in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
允和 (張) 张
— married
30 Apr 1933 (to 14 Aug 2002) [location unknown]
Father of
曉平 周
Died
at age 111
in Beijing, China
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jan 2018
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Biography
有光 周 was a centenarian, living to age 111.
有光 周 is Notable.
耀平 (Yao Ping) was born in 1906. He passed away in 2017.
Zhou Youguang (Chinese: 周有光; pinyin: Zhōu Yǒuguāng; 13 January 1906 – 14 January 2017) was a Chinese economist, banker, linguist, sinologist, publisher, and supercentenarian, known as the "father of Pinyin", a system for the writing of Mandarin Chinese in Roman script, or romanization, which was officially adopted by the government of the People's Republic of China in 1958, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1982, and the United Nations in 1986.
Sources
See also:
- Wikipedia: Zhou Youguang
- Wikidata: Item Q591407, en:Wikipedia
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