| Birth: | Dec. 20, 1873
Fukushima, Japan | | Death: | Aug. 11, 1948
Wardsboro
Windham County
Vermont, USA | 
Historian. He became a graduate of Dartmouth and the Yale Graduate School. As a member of the Yale faculty, he became the first Japanese professor at a major university in the United States. He dedicated himself to serving as a bridge between the United States and Japan to promote amicable relations. Some of his remains are also interred at Konjiki cemetery at his hometown of Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, Japan. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
Search Amazon for Kanichi Asakawa | | | Burial:
Grove Street Cemetery
New Haven
New Haven County
Connecticut, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Warrick L. Barrett
Record added: Feb 17, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7190605 |
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