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Date Created1874
DescriptionKozo Soogiwoora was born Hatakeyama Yoshinari 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 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)