Wei-Liang Chow

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Wei-Liang Chow
Chinese: 周煒良
Born	(1911-10-01)October 1, 1911 Shanghai, China
Died	August 10, 1995(1995-08-10) (aged 83) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Nationality	Chinese
Other names	Zhou Wei-Liang
Alma mater	Leipzig University University of Chicago
Known for	Chow group Chow's lemma Chow's moving lemma Chow's theorem Chow–Rashevskii theorem
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Johns Hopkins University Institute for Advanced Study National Tung-Chi University
Thesis	Die geometrische Theorie der algebraischen Funktionen für beliebige vollkommene Körper  (1936)
Doctoral advisor	Bartel Leendert van der Waerden Paul Koebe

Chow Wei-Liang (simplified Chinese: 周炜良; traditional Chinese: 周煒良; pinyin: Zhōu Wěiliáng; Wade–Giles: Chou Weiliang; October 1, 1911, Shanghai – August 10, 1995, Baltimore) was a Chinese-American mathematician and stamp collector. He was well known for his work in algebraic geometry.