Some Notable Chinese in Dublin in the Mid-Twentieth Century

The careers of three Chinese physicists, Hu Ning, Ma Shijun, and Peng Huanwu at the Dublin Institute for Advance Studies in the 1940s, and later, are described. A brief history of the foundation and operations of the institute, as well as the roles in it of Erwin Schrödinger, Walter Heitler, Max Born, and others are included. Some details are given of the works carried out there. The three men’s post-institute careers are described, Ma eventually in Australia, and Hu and Peng in the People’s Republic of China where they became distinguished leaders of theoretical physics research.