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Yamakawa Kenjirō

Japanese physicist (1854-1931) · Japan · Scientists · Died at 76

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Baron Yamakawa Kenjirō was a Japanese samurai, politician, physicist, academic administrator, and author of several histories of the Boshin War. He served as president of Tokyo Imperial University, Kyushu Imperial University, and Kyoto Imperial University.

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Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class
Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class

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Baron Yamakawa Kenjirō was a Japanese samurai, politician, physicist, academic administrator, and author of several histories of the Boshin War. He served as president of Tokyo Imperial University, Kyushu Imperial University, and Kyoto Imperial University. He also served as a Privy Councilor and a member of the House of Peers. Though his name is commonly written "Yamakawa," he himself wrote it as "Yamagawa" in English.

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Japan
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1854 to 1931 · aged 76

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