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Kotaro Honda, Albert Einstein, Keiichi Aichi and Shirōta Kusakabe on the occasion of Einstein's 1922 visit to Tohoku University[1][2]

Shirōta Kusakabe (Template:Lang-ja, May 5 1875 – July 3 1924) was a Japanese geophysicist, doctor of Science.[3] He was a professor at Tohoku Imperial University. He won the Imperial Academy Prize for his work on rock elasticity. He has published numerous treatises, and a magazine published after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 contains a treatise on earthquake prediction by Shirota Kusakabe.[4]

Shirōta Kusakabe was born in Yamagata Prefecture in 1875.[5] In 1900, he graduated from the Department of Physics, Tokyo Imperial University. From August 1907 to December 1910, he studied abroad in Europe and visited Germany, France and the United Kingdom.[6][7] He studied under Hantaro Nagaoka and proceeded with research on rocks and seismic waves.[8] In 1914, he won the Imperial Academy Prize for his work on rock elasticity.

References

  1. ^ "Graduate School of Science and Faculty of Science Tohoku University ｜ Overview ｜ History". www.sci.tohoku.ac.jp. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  2. ^ "東北大学関係写真データベース - 東北大学史料館". webdb3.museum.tohoku.ac.jp. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  3. ^ 日本人名大辞典+Plus, 朝日日本歴史人物事典,精選版 日本国語大辞典,日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ),デジタル版. "日下部四郎太とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "【郷土の偉人】日下部四郎太（物理学者）". 山形県生涯学習文化財団.
  5. ^ "日下部四郎太 - 山形県立図書館". www.lib.pref.yamagata.jp. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  6. ^ "ドイツに留学した日本人物理学者たち" (PDF).
  7. ^ "History | Tohoku University Global Site". www.tohoku.ac.jp. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  8. ^ 20世紀日本人名事典,367日誕生日大事典. "日下部 四郎太とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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