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Shigeru Nakayama

なかやま しげる

Nakayama Shigeru

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1928-06-22 (Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan)
Died
2014-05-10 (Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan) age 85
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Science Historian, Historian, Educator
Active Years
1948-2014
Affiliations
College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kanagawa University, University of California, Los Angeles
Memberships
Vice President, International Academy of the History of Science
Influenced By
Thomas Kuhn, Edwin O. Reischauer, Joseph Needham, Kiyoshi Yabuuchi

Education

University of Tokyo
Faculty of Science / Department of Astronomy
Degree: 学士
Period: 1948-1951
Year of Graduation: 1951
Country: Japan
Harvard University
Graduate School / History of Science and Learning
Degree: Ph.D.
Period: 1955-1960
Year of Graduation: 1960
Country: United States
Fulbright Scholar

Awards

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1995
Work: General History: Japanese Science and Technology
Organization: Mainichi Shimbun
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Health

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma
    2014年
    Died at a hospital in Shibuya, Tokyo

Legacy

Made significant contributions to the study of the history of science in Japan.

Trivia

  • He was a classmate of Osamu Tezuka.