Ọ bụ onye British biochemist, ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme na sinologist mara maka nyocha sayensị ya na ide banyere akụkọ sayensị na teknụzụ nke China. A họpụtara ya onye otu nke Royal Society na 1941, na onye otu nke British Academy na 1971. N'afọ 1992, Queen Elizabeth II nyere ya Companion of Honour, na Royal Society kwuru na ọ bụ naanị onye dị ndụ nwere aha atọ a. Ajụjụ: N'afọ ole ka a họpụtara Joseph Noel Terence Montgomery Needham dị ka onye otu nke Royal Society?
Afọ 1941