Naomasa Yamasaki

Deceased Person

1870 – 1929

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Who was Naomasa Yamasaki?

Naomasa Yamasaki 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.

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Born
Mar 10, 1870
Died
Jul 26, 1929

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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