Dyer, H.

Japanese: Dyer，H.（英語表記）DyerH

...In other words, the Meiji government put effort into developing industry and established the Ministry of Public Works, which established the Imperial College of Engineering (originally the Engineering School) as an institution for training high-level engineers as early as 1871 (Meiji 4). Under the direction of the Englishman H. Dyer (1848-1918), the school offered rigorous education in a variety of engineering fields, including civil engineering, mechanical engineering, and architecture. Dyer, who was entrusted with the management of the Imperial College of Engineering, originally lamented the backwardness of science and technology education in England and was interested in the systematic and organized engineering education offered at technical universities on the European continent (especially the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), and he tried to realize this dream at the Imperial College of Engineering. ...

From the College of Engineering

…The Engineering School was established in the Ministry of Public Works in 1871 (Meiji 4) and was renamed in 1877 as the level of education improved. It was a six-year boarding school with two years each for basic studies, specialized studies, and practical studies, and specialized education was taught by foreign teachers under the British vice principal H. Dyer. Initially, there were seven departments: civil engineering, mechanical engineering, telegraphy, architecture, mining, chemistry, and metallurgy, and shipbuilding was added in 1882. …

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Japanese:

…すなわち，明治政府は産業育成に力を入れ，工部省をおいたが，工部省は早くも1871年(明治4)に，高級技術者の養成機関として工部大学校(当初は工学寮)を設立した。この学校はイギリス人ダイヤーH.Dyer(1848‐1918)の指導のもと，土木，機械，造家(建築)ほか，工学の諸分野が用意され，厳しい教育が行われた。工部大学校の運営を一任されたダイヤーは，元来，イギリスの科学技術教育の立遅れを嘆き，ヨーロッパ大陸の工科大学(とくにスイスの連邦工科大学)における体系的･組織的な工学教育に関心をもっていたので，その夢を工部大学校で実現しようと努めた。…