Nitobe Inazō

1862 - 1933

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: Japan

languages spoken, written or signed: Esperanto, Japanese

educated at: University of Tokyo, Sapporo Agricultural College, University of Halle-Wittenberg

occupation: lexicographer, linguist, diplomat, writer, Esperantist, economist, politician, professor

award received: Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st Class

position held: member of the House of Peers

Nitobe Inazō (新渡戸稲造, September 1, 1862 – October 15, 1933) was a Japanese educator, diplomat, agronomist and political scientist. He studied at Sapporo Agricultural College under the influence of its first president William S. Clark and later went to the United States to study agricultural policy. After returning to Japan, he served as a professor at Sapporo Agricultural College, Kyoto Imperial University, and Tokyo Imperial University, and the deputy secretary general of the League of Nations. He also devoted himself to women's education, helping to found the Tsuda Eigaku Juku and serving as the first president of Tokyo Woman's Christian University and president of the Tokyo Women's College of Economics. Source: Wikipedia (en)