Toshiyuki Majima - Majima Rico

Japanese: 真島利行 - まじまりこう

Born: November 13, 1874 in Kyoto
[Died] August 19, 1962. Organic chemist at Takarazuka. Graduated from the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Imperial University (1899). Studied abroad at the University of Kiel, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, and the Davy-Faraday Institute of the Royal Institution in London. Professor at Tohoku Imperial University (1911) and senior researcher at the RIKEN Institute. Conducted structural research on the main components of lacquer, monkshood alkaloids, indole derivatives, components of safflower root, and other natural organic compounds, research on the synthesis of photosensitive pigments, dyes, and other compounds, and edited and published the Japanese Chemical Review. Dean of the Science Faculty of Hokkaido University and Osaka University, and professor of the Dye Chemistry Department of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, he contributed to the establishment and operation of both universities. President of Osaka University (43). Received the Imperial Academy Prize in 1917 for his research on the main components of lacquer. Received the Order of Culture in 1949. Member of the Imperial Academy (26) and Member of the German National Academy (36).

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[生]1874.11.13. 京都
[没]1962.8.19. 宝塚
有機化学者。東京帝国大学理科大学化学科卒業 (1899) 。キール大学，チューリヒのスイス連邦工科大学，ロンドンの王立研究所付属のデービー＝ファラデー研究所に留学。東北帝国大学教授 (1911) ，理化学研究所主任研究員。漆の主成分，トリカブト属アルカロイド，インドール誘導体，紫根の成分その他の天然有機化合物の構造研究，感光色素，染料その他の合成研究，『日本化学総覧』の編集と刊行などを進めた。北海道，大阪両大学理学部長，東京工業大学染料化学科教授として，それぞれの創設と運営に貢献。大阪大学学長 (43) 。 1917年「漆の主成分に関する研究」で帝国学士院賞受賞。 49年文化勲章受章。帝国学士院会員 (26) ，ドイツ国立学士院会員 (36) 。

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