What is Lu Yonggen?
'''Lu Yonggen''' ({{zh|s=卢永根}}; 2 December 1930 – 12 August 2019) was a Chinese [[agronomist]], [[plant geneticist]], [[educator]], and [[philanthropist]]. Lu was President of [[South China Agricultural University]] from 1983 to 1995. He was elected an academician of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]] in 1993. He was named China's second most generous philanthropist in 2017 after donating his entire life savings of 8.8 million yuan (US$1.34 million) to his university.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chinaphilanthropy.ash.harvard.edu/en/philanthropists/780|title=Lu Yonggen|website=Philanthropy in China|publisher=Harvard Kennedy School|access-date=2019-08-13|archive-date=2019-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813004005/https://chinaphilanthropy.ash.harvard.edu/en/philanthropists/780|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lu was born in [[Hong Kong]]. He died on 12 August 2019 in [[Guangzhou]] at the age of 88.<ref>[https://news.china.com/socialgd/10000169/20190812/36809365.html 卢永根院士逝世 生于香港曾获感动中国2017年度人物] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812113429/https://news.china.com/socialgd/10000169/20190812/36809365.html |date=2019-08-12 }} {{in lang|zh}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Chinese educators]] [[Category:Chinese scientists]] [[Category:Chinese philanthropists]]