Kōsaku Hamada Explained

Kōsaku Hamada
Birth Date:22 February 1881
Birth Place:Tokyo
Death Place:Tokyo, Japan
Occupation:Archaeologist

, also known as Seiryō Hamada,[1] was a Japanese academic, archaeologist, author and President of Kyoto University.[2]

Early life

Hamada was born in Osaka. He was educated at the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University; and he studied in England.[2]

Career

In 1917, Hamada was the first archaeology professor at the Kyoto University; and he is credited with the introduction of modern research methods in Japan. His fieldwork included archaeological digs in Japan, Korea and China.[2]

At the pinnacle of his academic career, Hamada was installed as university president in 1937.[3]

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Kōsaku Hamada, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 100+ works in 200+ publications in 3 languages and 1,000+ library holdings.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Library of Congress authority file, Kōsaku Hamada, nr99-7854
  2. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hamada Kōsaku" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File .
  3. http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/profile/intro/executive/presidents/ Kyoto University, presidents (English)
  4. http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm WorldCat Identities