Seiichi Tejima
Appearance
Incorporates translated material from the article in the Japanese Wikipedia
Seiichi Tejima (手島 精一, Tejima Seiichi, 1850-01-11 - 1918-01-23[1]) was a Japanese educator of the Meiji period. He was a co-founder of what is today Kyoritsu Women's University. The asteroid 8731 Tejima was named after him.
He was the first president of what later became the Tokyo Institute of Technology, serving from 1890-1898, 1899-1901 and 1901-1916.
Honors
Japanese
- Grand Cordon (then First Class) of the Order of the Sacred Treasure: 13 September 1916 (Second Class: 26 December 1910; Third Class: 27 December 1902; Fourth Class: 28 June 1898; Fifth Class: 10 December 1895; Sixth Class: 29 December 1892)
- Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (then Third Class): 14 December 1903 (Fifth Class: 10 December 1895)
Foreign
- Order of the Precious Golden Grain, Second Class (Republic of China): 9 November 1915
References
- ^ è@¸ê / S¼O«T at fine-vn.com