Chen Mengjia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Chen Mengjia

Chinese scholar and archaeologist

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1911

Place of Birth: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1966

Profession: poet, archaeologist, anthropologist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Chen Mengjia (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Chén Mèngjia; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Meng-chia; 20 April 1911, Nanjing – 3 September 1966, Beijing) was a Chinese scholar, poet and archaeologist.
He was considered the foremost authority on oracle bones and was Professor of Chinese at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
He was married to the poet and translator Zhao Luorui (aka Lucy Chao, 1912–1998).
Chen committed suicide in 1966, at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution after being labeled a "capitalist intellectual" and Rightist, having criticised Chinese leaders in 1957.