略述中国第一位物理学博士李复几

李复几,原名李福基,字泽民,1881年12月9日生于上海。1901年7月毕业于南洋公学中院,为首届毕业生。随即受学校派遣留学欧洲。先在伦敦国王学院学习语言,此后先后进入芬斯伯里学院和伦敦大学学习机械工程,在伦敦机械工程师研究所和德国汉尼尔理机器厂实习。1906年进入波恩皇家大学师从凯瑟尔从事光谱学研究,1907年获得物理学博士学位,是中国第一位物理学博士。李复几回国后未继续从事物理学研究,而是在汉冶萍公司、汉口工巡处、四川盐务管理局等部门任工程师,从事技术工作。1933年居苏州。1947年9月病逝于四川自贡。

Biography of Li Fo-ki, China''''s First Ph. D. In Physics

As the first Ph. D. for physics in China, Li Fo-ki is one of the first batch of graduates from the middle school of Nan Yang College. He was sent to Europe in 1901, and pursued his study at London University, Bonn University and other institutes. In 1907, he ultimately got a Ph. D. degree in physics. His doctoral thesis proves that the theory on flame spectra put forward by P. Lenards, a Nobel prize winner in physics, is a mistake. After his return to China, Li did not continue to do research on physics, but undertook technology instead in factories such as the Han-ye-ping Corporation. He took his residence in Suzhou in 1933, and died in Zigong,Sichuan Province in Sept. 1947.