竺可桢先生是我国近代杰出的科学家和教育家,对我国近代的科学与教育,有卓越的贡献。在科学方面,他进行了大量的研究和著述,成为我国近代地理学和气象学的奠基人。他还创立和领导我国地理学和气象学的研究机构,为我国的科学事业建立了坚实的基础。在教育方面,他亲自讲课,编写教材,创立了我国高等学校最早的地理系。在浙大 Mr. Zhu Kezhen is an outstanding scientist and educator in modern China and made outstanding contributions to modern science and education in our country. In science, he conducted a great deal of research and writing and became the founder of modern geography and meteorology in our country. He also founded and led the research institutions of geography and meteorology in our country and established a solid foundation for our country’s scientific undertaking. In education, he personally lectured and wrote teaching materials, and founded the earliest department of geography in our country. In Zhejiang University