Wang has devoted himself to the research on solid mechanics and geodynamics and made creative achievements on plastic theory of cold working， plastic dynamic response and dynamic stability of structure， analysis of global and regional stress field and numerical simulation of seismic migration law. He has made important contributions to the integration of mechanics， geology and seismology.
He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.
王 鈺1909.10.05～1984.04.05
地層古生物學家。河北深澤人。1933年畢業於北京大學地質係。中國科學院南京地質古生物研究所研究員。在中央地質調查所時曾調查煤田、天然氣等非金屬礦床，並對奧陶紀、誌留紀和二疊紀部分三葉蟲有較詳細的研究，其中對揚子區下古生界的研究成果，成為我國南方早古生代地層分類與對比的奠基性的工作。1949年後為研究我國腕足動物群和南方泥盆紀地層做出了重要貢獻。經過多年研究，寫成了《南寧——六景地區泥盆紀鬱江期腕足動物》等多部專著。1980年當選為中國科學院院士（學部委員）。
Stratigraphical paleontologist. Born in Shenzhe， Hebei Province. Graduated in geology from Peking University in 1933. Research professor， Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology， Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In those years when he worked in the Central Institute of Geological Survey， he investigated the nonmetallic ore deposits of coal， gas， etc. and made detailed studies on some of Trilobita of Ordovician， Silurian and Permian. His studies of Lower Palaeozoic around Yangtze Gorges and in Sichuan and Guizhou provinces laid a foundation for the division and correlating of early Palaeozoic strata in South China. Since 1949， he made important contributions to the study of Brachiopoda in China and of Devonian strata such as “ The Yujiang Age’s Brachiopoda in the Nanning-Liaojing Region， Guangxi ”.
He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.