Kiyoshi Wada

Japanese: 和田清 - わだせい

Born: November 15, 1890, Kanagawa
[Died] June 22, 1963. Tokyo scholar of Oriental history. An authority on Ming and Qing history, Manchurian and Mongolian history, and Southeast Asian history. Graduated from the Department of History, College of Literature, University of Tokyo in 1915. Became a lecturer at the Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo in 1922, an associate professor in 1927, and a professor in 1933. From 1941 to 1951, he was head of the Department of Oriental History. In 1951, he became a member of the Japan Academy. Many scholars of Oriental history were produced under his guidance. He worked hard to manage the Oriental Library Foundation, and was a distinguished contributor to the editing of the Journal of Oriental Studies. His main works include The Origin of the Inner Mongolian Tribes, Essays on East Asian History, An Outline of Chinese History, Studies in East Asian History (Manchuria Edition), and Studies in East Asian History (Mongol Edition).

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[生]1890.11.15. 神奈川
[没]1963.6.22. 東京
東洋史学者。明・清史，満州・モンゴル史，東南アジア史の大家。 1915年東京大学文科大学史学科を卒業。 22年東京大学文学部講師，27年助教授，33年教授となる，41～51年東洋史学科主任。 51年日本学士院会員。その指導のもとに多くの東洋史学者が輩出した。財団法人東洋文庫の経営に努力し，『東洋学報』の編集に功労があった。主著は『内蒙古諸部落の起源』『東亜史論叢』『中国史概説』『東亜史研究 (満州編) 』『東亜史研究 (蒙古編) 』。

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