“他乡桃李发新枝”:葛利普与北京大学地质学系  

The Father of China′s Paleontology:Amadeus W.Grabau and Department of Geology of Peking University

作　　者：孙承晟[1] SUN Chengsheng(Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, CAS, Beijing 100190, China)

机构地区：[1]中国科学院自然科学史研究所,北京100190

出　　处：《自然科学史研究》2016年第3期341-357,共17页Studies in The History of Natural Sciences

基　　金：中国科学院重点部署项目"地质学在中国的本土化研究"(项目编号:KZZD-EW-TZ-01)

摘　　要：葛利普1920年应丁文江之邀来华,出任北京大学地质学系教授和地质调查所古生物室主任。本文以中西档案及民国报刊文献为基础,还原葛利普在北大的授课、演讲活动,以及被聘为北大和中基会＂研究教授＂之经过,揭示他对北大乃至中国古生物学教育的独特贡献。葛利普在北大培养了一批古生物学家,奠定了中国的古生物学基础,堪称中国的古生物学之父;其科学活动及所扮演的角色与路易·阿加西对美国科学的贡献极为相似,故亦可称为＂中国的阿加西＂。此外,葛利普于1920-1921年在北大开设的＂地球与其生物之进化＂系列演讲,系统介绍了当时西方最新的古生物学知识、生物进化论和遗传学理论,代表了新文化运动中科学传播的一面。Invited by V. K. Ting,Amadeus W. Grabau（ 1870—1946） came to China from America in 1920,and acted concurrently as professor at Peking University（ hereafter PKU） an chief paleontologist of the Geological Survey of China. Based on Chinese and Western archives an journals of the Republican period,this essay investigates Grabau＇s teaching activities and lectures a PKU,and his appointments as＂Research Professor＂of PKU and China Foundation for the Promotio of Education and Culture from 1931—1946. With his outstanding contributions to paleontologica education and research in China,Grabau can be called the ＂Father of China＇s Paleontology＂. H role was very similar to that of Louis Agassiz in American science in the 19 thcentury,so he can als be regarded as the ＂Chinese Agassiz＂. In addition,through his lecture series entitled ＂The Eart and the Evolution of Its Creatures＂in 1920-21,Grabau systematically introduced the most up-to-dat paleontology,including the Theory of Evolution and genetics,which represented a scientific side o the New Cultural Movement at the time.

关 键 词：葛利普 北京大学 中基会 研究教授 古生物学 地质学 进化论 遗传学 

分 类 号：K837.12[历史地理—历史学] Q911[天文地球—古生物学与地层学]