What is Ding Shisun?
'''Ding Shisun''' ({{zh|s=丁石孙}}; September 5, 1927 – October 12, 2019) was a Chinese mathematician, academic administrator, and politician. He was [[President of Peking University]] during the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests]]. He was forced to resign afterwards. He later was Chairman of the [[China Democratic League]] from 1996 to 2005 and [[Vice Chairperson of the National People's Congress]]. He was born in [[Shanghai]]. He attended Utopia University in Shanghai from 1944 to 1947. Ding died on October 12, 2019 in [[Beijing]], aged 92.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gong|first=Zhe|date=October 12, 2019|title=Former PKU president, mathematician Ding Shisun passes away at 93|url=https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-10-12/Former-PKU-president-mathematician-Ding-Shisun-passes-away-at-93-KJPAjBMLLO/index.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 15, 2019|website=CGTN}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ding, Shisun}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Chinese mathematicians]] [[Category:Chinese academics]] [[Category:Politicians from Shanghai]] [[Category:Scientists from Shanghai]] {{bio-stub}}