Fusajiro Kodera

Chemical engineer. Born in Osaka in 1870. After graduating from Sanko High School, he graduated from the Department of Applied Chemistry at the College of Engineering of the Imperial University in 1896 (Meiji 29). In the same year, he became an engineer at the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce and worked at the Geological Survey of Japan. In 1900 (Meiji 33), he became an engineer at the Tokyo Industrial Laboratory when it was established. From 1908 to 1910, he studied in the United States, England, and Germany to study electrochemical engineering, and in Germany he was taught by Haber, who was famous for ammonia synthesis. In 1915 (Taisho 4), he obtained a doctorate in engineering. In 1918, he became the director of the Temporary Nitrogen Research Institute (which was merged into the 6th Department of the Tokyo Industrial Laboratory in 1928) at the same time, and made a great contribution to the industrialization of ammonia synthesis in Japan. In 1924, he became the third director of the Tokyo Industrial Laboratory, a position he held for 16 years. His research into the basics and industrialization of ammonia synthesis technology produced many chemical engineers. He served as president of the Society of Industrial Chemistry in 1919 and 1920.

[Shuhei Okuyama]

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化学技術者。明治3年大阪に生まれる。三高を経て、1896年（明治29）帝国大学工科大学応用化学科を卒業。同年、農商務省技師となり、地質調査所に勤務。1900年（明治33）東京工業試験所設立とともに同所技師となった。1908～1910年電気化学工業研究のため、アメリカ、イギリス、ドイツに留学し、ドイツではアンモニア合成で有名なハーバーの指導を受けた。1915年（大正4）工学博士の学位を取得。1918年臨時窒素研究所（1928年には東京工業試験所第六部に併合）の設立と同時に所長となり、アンモニア合成を日本で工業化することに大きな貢献をした。1924年東京工業試験所の第3代所長となり、16年間その地位を務めた。彼のアンモニア合成技術における基礎研究、工業化研究のなかで多数の化学技術者が輩出した。1919、1920年工業化学会の会長を務めた。

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