Kōsaku Hamada

Kōsaku Hamada

Kōsaku Hamada (濱田 耕作 Hamada Kōsaku, February 22, 1881 July 25, 1938), 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

  1. Library of Congress authority file, Kōsaku Hamada, nr99-7854
  2. 1 2 3 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hamada Kōsaku" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 281, p. 281, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  3. Kyoto University, presidents (English); presidents (Japanese)
  4. WorldCat Identities: 濱田耕作 1881-1938

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Academic offices
Preceded by
Motooki Matsui
President of Kyoto University
1937–1938
Succeeded by
Toru Haneda


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