Shih Shou-chien | |
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石守謙 | |
President of National Palace Museum | |
In office 20 May 2004 – 25 January 2006 |
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Preceded by | Tu Cheng-sheng |
Succeeded by | Lin Mun-lee |
Personal details | |
Born |
Taiwan |
June 8, 1951
Nationality | Taiwanese |
Residence | Taipei, Taiwan |
Alma mater |
National Taiwan University Princeton University |
Occupation | scholar, writer, professor |
Profession | History |
Shih Shou-chien | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 石守謙 | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 石守谦 | ||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Shí Shǒuqiān |
Shih Shou-chien (Chinese: 石守謙; born June 8, 1951) is a Taiwanese scholar, writer, and professor at National Taiwan University. He served as President of National Palace Museum from May 2004 to January 2006. He is an academician of Academia Sinica.
Shih Shou-chien was born in Taiwan on June 8, 1951. He graduated from National Taiwan University as well as Princeton University. He studied the Chinese painting history under Fang Wen, a noted Chinese-American art history scholar. He was a professor at National Taiwan University in 1990, becoming director of the Institute of Art History in 1991. In May 2000 Executive Yuan appointed he as Vice-President of National Palace Museum. After this office was terminated in May 2004, he was promoted to President position, serving until January 2006. He is a researcher at Academia Sinica since 2006, and he was elected an academician in July 2012.