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Date Created1879
DescriptionTadanari Matsudaira came to Rutgers College in 1875 from a Japanese noble family. His education was funded by his wealthy father, who had ambitions for him to be appointed to a high position in the...
Time PeriodThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period (1868-1912)
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Date Created1867
DescriptionTaro Kusakabe (Yasohachi Yagi) was the first student from Fukui, Echizen, Japan to come to America, as a student of Reverend Edward T. Corwin of Millstone, New Jersey. He was the first Japanese...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
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Date Created1892
DescriptionMitsuye Oi was born in Kochi, Japan in 1864. He received a degree in Classical Studies from Rutgers College in 1892. In 1895, he received an M.A. degree from New Brunswick Theological Seminary. He...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
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Date Created1874
DescriptionKozo Soogiwoora was born Yoshinari Hatakeyama in Kagoshima, Japan. He left Japan under an assumed name and entered Rutgers College in 1867, graduating in 1871. Upon his return to Japan in 1873, he...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)
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Date Created1870
DescriptionTaro Kusakabe (Yasohachi Yagi) was the first Japanese student to go to Rutgers College, where he studied mathematics and the physical sciences. Kusakabe died prematurely from tuberculosis, two weeks...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)