The "Chern" of today's previous post is mathematician
Shiing-Shen Chern (b. Oct. 26, 1911, d. Dec. 3, 2004).
For an observance of the 2011 centennial of his birth,
see a website in China.
See also this journal on the centennial date —
Erlanger and Galois, a post of Oct. 26, 2011.