Wei-Liang Chow (1911-1995), known as Chow Wei-Liang in the Chinese tradition, was a mathematician renowned for his breakthroughs in algebraic geometry. Born in Shanghai, he studied in the United States, first graduating from the University of Chicago with Bachelor's and Master's degrees by 1932, and a PhD from the University of Leipzig in 1936. In Leipzig he co-authored papers on intersection theory and what is now known as the "Chow coordinates." At this time he married his wife Margot Victor, with whom they had three daughters. Later, he taught at National Central University in Nanking from 1936 to 1937 and at the Shanghai campus from 1946 to 1947, with a decade long break in his academic career due to World War II. He returned to mathematics as a Visiting Member (1947-1948) of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He capped his career by becoming a professor in the mathematics department at Johns Hopkins University in 1948, and retiring in 1977.

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