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Joseph Needham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (518 words) |
 | Needham was the only child of a Scottish family in London: his father was a doctor and his mother, Alicia Adelaïde Needham née Montgomery (1863-1945) was a composer and music teacher. |
| Under the Royal Society's direction, Needham was the director of the Sino-British Science Co-operation Office in Chongqing from 1942 to 1946, collaborating with the historian Wang Ling and solidifying his passion for Chinese scientific history. |
| The Needham Research Institute in Cambridge, devoted to the study of China's scientific history, was opened in 1987 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. |
| Needham Research Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (109 words) |
| The Needham Research Institute or NRI is one of the world's leading centres for the study of the history of East Asian science, technology and medicine. |
| The institute is named after the scientist and historian Joseph Needham. |
| The institute is housed in a building on the grounds of Robinson College in Cambridge. |
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