About Naomasa Yamasaki
Lived 1870 – 1929 (aged 59). Naomasa Yamasaki was a Japanese geographer, university teacher and geologist.
was a Japanese geographer and regarded as the father of modern Japanese geography.
He was a professor at Tokyo Imperial University from 1911 to 1929, where he created the department of geography and founded The Association of Japanese Geographers. The latter is the primary academic geographic society in Japan.
Books 地理学教科書(Chirigaku Kyokasyo)1900 大日本地誌(Dainihon Chishi)1903-1915 我が南洋(Waga nanyo)1916
Articles 氷河果して本邦に存在せざりしか(Hyoga hatashite hompo ni sonzaisezarishika)1902
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Who was Naomasa Yamasaki?
Japanese geographer (1870-1929)
When was Naomasa Yamasaki born?
Naomasa Yamasaki was born on 10 March 1870 in Kōchi Prefecture.
When did Naomasa Yamasaki die?
Naomasa Yamasaki died on 26 July 1929.
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Naomasa Yamasaki was a geographer, university teacher and geologist.
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Naomasa Yamasaki was Japanese.
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