Tang Feifan
Tang Feifan | |
|---|---|
湯飛凡 | |
Tang Feifan in 1944 in Kunming, Yunnan. | |
| Born | Tang Ruizhao (湯瑞昭) July 23, 1897 |
| Died | September 30, 1958 (aged 61) Beijing, China |
| Alma mater | Chengnan School Xiangya College of Medicine Yale University Peking Union Medical College Harvard University |
| Known for | Chlamydia trachomatis |
| Spouse |
He Lian
(m. 1925; died 1958) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medical microbiology |
| Institutions | Central Epidemic Prevention Laboratory |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans Zinsser |
Tang Feifan (simplified Chinese: 汤飞凡; traditional Chinese: 湯飛凡; pinyin: Tāng Fēifán; July 23, 1897 – September 30, 1958) was a Chinese medical microbiologist best known for culturing the Chlamydia trachomatis agent in the yolk sacs of eggs.
Tang was persecuted during the "Pulling Out Bourgeois White Flag Movement" and committed suicide in 1958.