70多年前,上海商务印书馆出版了一本《地质矿物学大辞典》,填补了当时中国自然科学辞书的一项空白。这部工具书的编著者就是地质矿物学家、出版家杜其堡先生。古城绍兴,山川映发,有嵇山镜水之秀。中日甲午战争后的第四年,即1898年,杜其堡(号若城)就诞生在绍兴伧塘(今上虞长塘乡)这块美丽的土地上。他幼时聪慧过人,家里曾请一位秀才老叔公教他和堂兄杜其均等一起读书。“书犹药也,善读之可以医愚”。当时杜家文风较盛,藏书颇多,杜其堡发奋努力,狠下苦功。常因读书而忘餐废寝,虚心好学,锐意进取,加上良好的家庭教育,使他从小就打下了较好的基础。当杜其堡步入少年时代时,他的堂伯父、曾创办《亚泉杂志》和《普通学报》的近代科学家杜亚泉先生正 More than 70 years ago, the Shanghai Commercial Press published a large dictionary of geology and mineralogy, filling a gap in the Chinese natural sciences and journals. The author of the book is Geologist Douglas, the publisher. The ancient city of Shaoxing, mountains Yingfa, there is Jieshan mirror water show. In 1898, the fourth year after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, Duke Fort (Ruo Rucheng) was born on the beautiful land of Shaoxing Tongtang (now Shangchang Yuchangtang). When he was a wise man extraordinary, the family had asked a scholar and his cousin Du Qijun together reading. “Book is still drug, good reading can be foolish.” At that time, Du Wen was more literate and had a large collection of books. Fort Ducati worked hard and made great efforts. Often forgotten lunch because of reading books, sleepy, studious, determined to make progress, coupled with good family education, so that he laid a good foundation from an early age. When Duchenburg stepped into his youth, his uncle, Du Yaquan, a modern scientist who founded the “Yaquan Magazine” and the “General Journal”