Shinzo Kiuchi

Japanese: 木内信蔵 - きうちしんぞう

1910-1993 A human geographer from the Showa era.
Born on November 19, 1910. In 1954, while serving as an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, he established a human geography department in the College of Liberal Arts, where he established the foundations of urban geography. In 1956, he became a professor at the same university, and later a professor at Seijo University. In 1951, he became the first Japanese to receive the Karl Ritter Prize from the Berlin Geographical Society. He passed away on April 7, 1993, at the age of 82. He was born in Tokyo and graduated from Tokyo Imperial University. His works include "Principles of Urban Geography."

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Japanese:

1910－1993　昭和時代の人文地理学者。
明治43年11月19日生まれ。昭和29年東大助教授のとき教養学部に人文地理学教室を創設し,都市地理学の基礎をかためる。31年同大教授,のち成城大教授。34年ベルリン地理学協会から日本人初のカール-リッター賞をうけた。平成5年4月7日死去。82歳。東京出身。東京帝大卒。著作に「都市地理学原理」など。

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