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Serge Elisséeff
French academic (1889-1975) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 86
Serge Elisséeff was a Russian-French scholar, Japanologist, and professor at Harvard University. He was one of the first Westerners to study Japanese at a university in Japan.
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He began studying Japanese at the University of Berlin, then transferred to Tokyo Imperial University in 1912, becoming the first Westerner to graduate from there in Japanese and was its first Western graduate student.
Country
France
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1889 to 1975 · aged 86
