Nagakata Yamamoto 
Biography of Nagakata Yamamoto
Nagakata Yamamoto, matriculation slip 1889-90
Nagakata Yamamoto graduated BSc in Naval Architecture from the University of Glasgow in 1895 and DSc in 1910.
Yamamoto was born on 24 January 1870 in Tokyo, Japan. His father, Nagamitsu, was a retired officer of the Japanese Army.
Nagakata studied Science and Engineering, attending classes in Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Naval Architecture, graduating in 1895. He continued his studies, graduating DSc in absentia in 1910 with his doctoral thesis entitled New turbine driven triple screw Pacific liner ‘Tenyo Maru’.
Upon his graduation in 1895, Yamamoto returned to Japan where he worked as chief technician at the Nagasaki Shipyard of the Mitsubishi Company, and played an important part in preparing Anglo-Japanese exhibitions in the United Kingdom, the United States and Italy. In 1917, he was appointed to lecturer at Tokyo University's faculty of Engineering, specialising in Naval Architecture. In 1921 he became a Professor, and lectured at the Osaka Industrial College from 1929.
Sources
Other Online Resources
Printed Materials
- James R. Bartholomew, The Formation of Science in Japan, p. 201
Archival Materials
- DC183/11/31 General Council Register
- Glasgow University Archive's Japan File - Archival Notes
- R1/6/1 DSc Graduation Album 1890-1987
- R3/1/1 Registers of dates of birth of graduates
- R3/2/1 Roll of Graduates from 1897 -1917
- R8/5/10/9 Matriculation Slips 1889-1890 Men U-Y
Summary
Nagakata Yamamoto
Born 24 January 1870.
GU Degrees: BSc, 1895; Science and Engineering, DSc, 1910; Science and Engineering,
University Link: Alumnus, Graduate, Researcher
Occupation categories: engineers, naval
English snippet: Engineering graduate of the University of Glasgow, Professor of Naval Architecture at Tokyo UniversityRecord last updated: 8th Apr 2015
Country Associations
Japan, Tokyo
Place of Birth
University Connections
University Roles
- Alumnus
- Graduate [View Nagakata Yamamoto's record in the list of graduates]
- Researcher
