Torii Ryuzo

Japanese: 鳥居竜蔵 - とりいりゅうぞう

1870-1953 Anthropologist and archaeologist from the Meiji to Showa periods.
Born on April 4, 1870. Dropped out of elementary school. Studied under Tsuboi Shogoro, and in 1893 became the specimen clerk at the anthropology department of Tokyo Imperial University. In 1922 he became an assistant professor at Tokyo Imperial University, later a professor at Kokugakuin University and Sophia University, and a visiting professor at Yenching University in China. He investigated various places such as China, Korea, Siberia, and Karafuto (Sakhalin), and became a pioneer in anthropological and archaeological research in East Asia. Died on January 14, 1953. Age 82. Born in Awa (Tokushima Prefecture). His autobiography is "Notes of an Old Student."

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:

1870－1953　明治-昭和時代の人類学者,考古学者。
明治3年4月4日生まれ。小学校を中退。坪井正五郎に師事し,明治26年東京帝大人類学教室の標本係となる。大正11年東京帝大助教授,のち国学院大,上智大の教授,中国燕京大客員教授。中国,朝鮮,シベリア,樺太(からふと)(サハリン)などの各地を調査し,東アジアの人類学・考古学研究の開拓者となった。昭和28年1月14日死去。82歳。阿波(あわ)(徳島県)出身。自伝に「ある老学徒の手記」。

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