Feng Lanzhou

Feng Lanzhou (June 24, 1903 - January 24, 1972), whose English name is Feng Lan-chou, was a native of Linqu, Shandong Province and a Chinese entomologist. He graduated from the Medical Department of Qilu University in Jinan, Shandong Province in 1929, and received a doctorate in medicine from the University of Toronto in Canada. Professor and director of the Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. The main mosquito vectors of malaria and filariasis in China were identified. In 1957, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (member of the academic department).