Famous Chinese geologist gets commemorative plaque in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM, Britain, June 30 (Xinhua) -- A blue plaque honoring Li Siguang, a late Chinese geologist and founder of geological mechanics, was unveiled at the University of Birmingham on Thursday.

Born in 1889, Li studied geology at the University of Birmingham in the 1910s. Later he spent several years researching the geology of China, and his work greatly contributed to the discovery of China's major natural gas and oil fields in the 1950s. In 1931, he received his doctorate at the University of Birmingham. He died in 1971.