赖朴吾、夏仁德墓 the Tome of Lapwood and Sailer

文物时间：1984年 
文物位置：未名湖南岸，临湖轩后的小山坡上 
文物类别：墓 
Time: 1984 
Location: On the south bank of WeiMing Lake 
Category: Tomb

 

文物特色

墓碑上刻着

RALPH LAPWOOD RANDOLPH SAILER GARDEN （赖朴吾、夏仁德花园）

 

碑下方的两块石头上，刻着两位先生的亲笔签名和生卒年代

Randolph Sailer 1898—1981

Ralph Lapwood 1909—1984

 

历史溯源

赖朴吾教授（Ernest Ralph Lapwood 1909—1984），英国人，国际著名的地球物理学、数学家，获得剑桥大学数学学士和硕士学位，1936年开始任教于燕大数学系。1952年，由于种种原因，赖教授全家返回英国，20世纪80年代初，他和夫人第三次来华讲学访问，1984年4月11日，在应北京师范大学之邀来华讲学期间，因心肌梗塞病逝于北京。在弥留之际他叮嘱夫人：“不要开追悼会，不要树纪念碑，惟一的希望是把骨灰留在中国。”遵照他的遗嘱，他的学生和朋友把他的骨灰安放在未名湖畔的山坡旁，并栽了三棵他生前最喜欢的黄刺梅。

 

与赖朴吾教授不同，夏仁德教授的骨灰并没有安葬在这里，小小的石碑上仅仅镌刻着他的名字。1981年7月，夏仁德不幸辞世，燕大校友把他的名字和赖朴吾的名字一起刻在碑上，以示缅怀和敬仰。

 

名人故事

赖朴吾教授不仅教学严谨，和同学建立起良好的关系，而且积极支持中国的抗日战争，曾亲自访问了华北八路军抗日根据地，受到朱德、彭德怀、聂荣臻、萧克等八路军将领的接见。1945年回国攻读博士学位，1948年10月，他又回到燕大任教。

 

夏仁德教授获得哥伦比亚大学硕士、博士学位，1923年8月来中国任教于燕京大学心理系。他心细如丝，循循善诱，所开课程广受欢迎。抗日救亡运动爆发，夏仁德是燕大第一个给学生抗日会捐款的外籍教授。1941年，美日两国宣战，夏仁德于燕园被日军逮捕，在集中营里度过了两年艰苦的牢狱生活。出狱后，夏仁德继续参加反对蒋介石内战独裁政策的运动。北平解放后，夏仁德继续任教于燕大，1950年，他回国休假，之后由于种种原因未返回中国。

 

Distinguishing feature

Words engraved on the gravestone: RALPH LAPWOOD RANDOLPH SAILER GARDEN.

 

Stones under the gravestone are carved with these two gentlemen's signature and times—Randolph Sailer, 1898—1981; Ralph Lapwood, 1909—1984.

 

History

Professor Lapwood came from the Britain. As the international famous scholar in geophysics and mathematics, he acquired the bachelor and master's degree of math in Cambridge and started to teach in mathematics department of Yenching University from 1936. In 1952, professor Lapwood had to back to England for many reasons, till early 80s in the twentieth century, he had his third visit in China to give lectures with his wife. On invitation of Beijing Normal University, Lapwood came to China to give lectures, on April 11th, 1984, he died from myocardial infarction. As he was dying, he urged wife not to open memorial meeting, not to set monument, the only wish was left his bone ash in China. Obey to his will, his students and friends set his bone ash on the hills by the WeiMing Lake, and planted three yellow roses he liked.

 

Unlike Professor Lapwood, the bone ash of professor Sailer hadn't been buried here, only with his name on the small gravestone. In July 1981, professor Sailer died unfortunately, in memory of them, the alumnus carved his name on the stone along with Lapwood's.