Torahiko Terada
Torahiko Terada | |
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寺田寅彦 | |
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| Born | December 28, 1878 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | December 31, 1935 (aged 57) |
| Alma mater | College of Science, Tokyo Imperial University |
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| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Tokyo Imperial University, Earthquake Research Institute, RIKEN |
| Doctoral advisor | Hantaro Nagaoka |
| Notable students | Ukichiro Nakaya |
Torahiko Terada (寺田 寅彦, Terada Torahiko, November 28, 1878 – December 31, 1935) was a Japanese physicist and author who was born in Tokyo. He was a professor at Tokyo Imperial University, a researcher at RIKEN, and worked on a wide range of topics in physics. Also, he was a professor at the Earthquake Research Institute.
As an author, he studied under Natsume Sōseki, who was a teacher at his high school in Kumamoto. Terada is best known for his numerous essays on a wide variety of topics ranging from science to cinema, from haiku to manga.
Biography
1878: Terada was born in a city in the Tokyo Kojimachi District. Because he was born under the Year of the Tiger, he was named "Torahiko".
1896: While working at a high school in Kumamoto, he studied under Natsume Soseki and science teacher Takuro Tamaru. It was the influence of both these men which greatly inspired Terada to seriously pursue studies of science and literature.
1897: Married student Natsuko Sakai, his first wife.
1899: Studied for his PhD at the Tokyo Imperial University. Here he was advised by Hantaro Nagaoka and Akitsu Tanaka.
1902: Natsuko Sakai passed away.
1903: Terada graduated from Environmental Physics Department of Tokyo Imperial University with chief honors.
1905: Married Hiroko Hamaguchi.
1908: Obtained his Doctor of Science Degree.
1909: Became associate professor at the University of Tokyo. From there, he went to study abroad at the University of Berlin.
1910: While studying in Stockholm, he corresponded with Svante Arrhenius.
1911: Returned home to Japan by way of Paris, the UK and the United States.
1913: Published Umi no Buturigaku, summarizing his research in oceanography studies.
1917: Was awarded the 7th Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy for his groundbreaking studies on X-Ray diffraction, which built upon the work of Max von Laue. Around the same time his second wife, Hiroko, passed away.
1918: Married his third and final wife, Shin Sakai.
1922: Attended the welcome party for Albert Einstein during his visit to Japan.
1923: Began investigations into the Great Kanto Earthquake.
1924: Began serving as a senior researcher at RIKEN Institute.
1926: Became a professor of the Earthquake Research Institute at the Tokyo Imperial University.
1928: Elected as one of the members of the Empire Academy.
1935: Suffered from a bone tumor and passed away on May 12, at the age of 57. His ashes were buried in a cemetery next to his childhood home in Kochi.
In fiction
Torahiko Terada, along with many important historical figures from the Meiji Restoration, is a central character in the fantasy/historical fiction novel Teito Monogatari by Hiroshi Aramata.
List of books available in English
- Terada, Torahiko (1985). Scientific Papers. Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-00-200467-8.
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