189803.12
Chen Chengzong born in Wu County, Jiangsu
Recorded both in the family genealogy and the Wu County gazetteer. At his birth his father Chen Zhaoyuan was serving as a clerk at the Jiangnan Arsenal.
● Verified· Chen Chengzong
Chronology
Family Timeline
A chronology threading together the key events of four generations. Every entry is tagged with its evidence status —
the core archival discipline of Legacy Labs.
● Verified◆ Attributed◇ Inferred? Unresolved
190309.06
Lin Peilan born in Fuzhou
According to the Lin family genealogy, she was born at the Lin residence in the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys district of Fuzhou.
● Verified· Lin Peilan
1914
Chen Chengzong admitted to Jiangsu Provincial No. 1 Middle School
According to the "History of Jiangsu Provincial No. 1 Middle School," Chengzong was admitted with the third-highest score in the entire county.
● Verified· Chen Chengzong
191908.23
Chen Chengzong sails to Japan
Admitted to the Faculty of Economics at Waseda University. The original admission certificate is held in the Archive.
● Verified· Chen Chengzong
1923
Chen Chengzong graduates in Tokyo
He maintained a correspondence with classmates such as Liang Shuming and Li Shutong (the letters survive).
● Verified· Chen Chengzong
192504.18
Chen Chengzong marries Lin Peilan
The wedding was held in the French Concession of Shanghai. The original marriage certificate is preserved.
● Verified· Chen Chengzong
192508.04
Chen Shouren born
At the family residence in the French Concession of Shanghai. The birth certificate survives.
● Verified· Chen Shouren
192806.11
Chen Shoude born
Shanghai.
● Verified· Chen Shoude
1929
Wu County Chengyu Textile Mill founded
Co-financed by Chen Chengzong and four fellow townsmen. The original equity agreement is held in Archive box A-2.
● Verified· Chen Chengzong
1931
Chengyu Primary School opens
Established by Chen Chengzong in his hometown, with a first intake of 60 students.
● Verified· Chen Chengzong
193708.13
Battle of Shanghai breaks out; the family decides to move west
According to Great-Grandmother's wartime flight diary.
● Verified
193802
The family reaches Kunming and reunites with Chen Chengzong
Some of the Chengyu Textile Mill's key staff came along and continued small-scale production in Kunming.
● Verified· Chen Chengzong
1946
Chen Shouren admitted to Southwest Associated University
Department of Physics, studying under Mr. Wu Ta-You. His enrollment card survives.
● Verified· Chen Shouren
1948
Chen Shoude admitted to the Medical School of National Central University
● Verified· Chen Shoude
1949
The family returns to Shanghai
The Chengyu Textile Mill entered into a public-private joint operation.
● Verified· Chen Chengzong
1950
Chen Shouren graduates from the Physics Department of Tsinghua University
After Lianda was demobilized, he transferred to Tsinghua to complete his studies.
● Verified· Chen Shouren
1952
Chen Shouren begins teaching at a university
The early period of his semiconductor physics research.
● Verified· Chen Shouren
195511.23
Chen Zhaohua born in Beijing
Father Chen Shouren; mother Wang Suhua (deceased, 1925-2002).
● Verified· Chen Zhaohua
195805
Su Wenqi born in Hangzhou
● Verified· Su Wenqi
197609.15
Chen Chengzong dies of illness in Shanghai
At the age of 78. Before his death he wrote out by hand a scroll titled "Testament of the Shouzhuo Hall."
● Verified· Chen Chengzong
1977
Chen Zhaohua sits the first restored College Entrance Examination
Admitted to the Department of Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University.
● Verified· Chen Zhaohua
198508
Chen Zhaohua goes to the United States to study
State-sponsored, at Stanford University.
● Verified· Chen Zhaohua
198911.20
Lin Peilan dies in Shanghai
At the age of 86.
● Verified· Lin Peilan
199006
Chen Zhaohua earns a Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from Stanford
His doctoral adviser was an IEEE Fellow.
● Verified· Chen Zhaohua
1991
Chen Zhaohua marries Su Wenqi in Beijing
● Verified· Chen Zhaohua
199210.15
Chen Zhiyuan born in Beijing
● Verified· Chen Zhiyuan
199512.03
Chen Shoude dies in Harbin
He never married. His medical-aid diaries are held in the Archive.
● Verified· Chen Shoude
200804.07
Chen Shouren dies of illness in Beijing
At the age of 83. Before his death he completed the revised edition of "Notes of a Physicist."
● Verified· Chen Shouren
2014
Chen Zhiyuan graduates from the History Department of the University of Cambridge
● Verified· Chen Zhiyuan
2017
Chen Zhiyuan earns a master's in Public Policy from Harvard
● Verified· Chen Zhiyuan
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End of Chronology