1910 - 1985
Xia Nai American Scientist
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| First Name |
Xia
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| Last Name |
Nai
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1909
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| Died |
1985
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Scientist
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Xia Nai (Wade–Giles: Hsia Nai; 1910–1985) was a pioneering Chinese archaeologist.
He was born in Wenzhou, southern Zhejiang province, and majored in economic history at Tsinghua University in Beijing (BA, 1934), winning a scholarship to study abroad.
On advice from his mentor Li Ji, he went to University College London and studied Egyptology, earning a doctorate that was finally awarded to him in 1946.
In the meantime, he had returned to China joining the staff of the Central Museum and then in 1944 joining the Department of Archaeology of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica (1943–49), becoming acting director in 1948.
When the Institute moved to Taiwan in 1949, Xia remained in the mainland, teaching at Zhejiang University for a year before joining
the Chinese Academy of Sciences, eventually becoming director of its Institute of Archaeology (1962–82). Before his death, he was First Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).
