Dong Tichen

{{Short description|Chinese anthropologist and educator}}

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Dong Tichen or Ti-Chen Tung ({{zh|c=董悌忱}}; 1931 – 2 September 1966) was a Chinese anthropologist and educator. He was a pioneer in physical anthropology in China.Etler DA, [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1644424 "Recent developments in the study of human biology in China: a review"], "Human Biology", Vol. 64, No. 4, pp. 569, 1992{{cite news |last=Chen |first=Wang |date=2013-10-25 |title=曹操"验明正身"记 |trans-title= The Story of Verifying Cao Cao's Remain |url=http://m.dooland.com/index.php?s=/article/id/332696/from/faxian.html |work=NEWSCHINA |access-date=2013-10-25}}

He was educated in Fu Jen Catholic University (Beijing Normal University) in the 1940s, then attended Moscow State University in 1957. In the 1960s, He was invited to Fudan University by Wu Dingliang. Dong, Wu, and Liu Xian created the first department of physical anthropology at Fudan University in mainland China.Lu Qingwu, [http://loca.fudan.edu.cn/coca/PDF/2014/COMONCA08-006.pdf "Memorializing an Excellent Anthropology Professor Tichen Dong"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119001127/http://loca.fudan.edu.cn/coca/PDF/2014/COMONCA08-006.pdf |date=2018-01-19 }}, "Communication on Anthropology", 2014

His research concentrated on paleoprimatology, dermatoglyphics, description of biological variation of ethnic minorities in China. He collected anthropometric measurements and described physical characteristics of living people in different parts of China.{{cite book |last=Frank |first=Spencer |date=December 1, 1996 |title= History of Physical Anthropology, Volume 1 |location=Abingdon, United Kingdom |publisher=Routledge |page=281 |isbn=978-0815304906}}

In 1962, he published "The Taxonomic Position of Gigantopithecus in Primates".Tichen Dong, [http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201003/t20100324_2806500.html "The Taxonomic Position of Gigantopithecus in Primates"], "Vertebrata PalAsiatica", 1962

In 1964, Dong published the paper "Study of dermatoglyphics of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi".Tichen Dong, [http://www.cnki.com.cn/Article/CJFDTotal-FDXB196402009.htm "Study of dermatoglyphics of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi"], "Bulletin of Fudan University", 1964

When the Cultural Revolution began in 1966, he was severely persecuted and died as a result.{{cite book |last=Han |first=Kangxin |date=2005 |title=中国西北地区古代居民种族研究 |trans-title=Study on the Races of Ancient Residents in Northwest China |url=http://www.fudanpress.com.cn/root/showdetail.asp?bookid=3641 |language=Chinese |location=Shanghai |publisher=Fudan University Publishing House |isbn=978-7-309-04430-0 |page=5 |access-date=2018-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120124601/http://www.fudanpress.com.cn/root/showdetail.asp?bookid=3641 |archive-date=2018-01-20 |url-status=dead}}