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Yamao Yozo

Also Known As 山尾 庸三
Civil Engineering

Yamao Yozo was a Japanese engineer and Meiji-era government official, born in 1837 and died in 1917, one of the Choshu Five, a group of five young samurai from Choshu domain who traveled clandestinely to London in 1863 to study Western science and industry at a time when leaving Japan was still forbidden. Unlike two of his companions, who returned early and entered politics, Yamao remained to study engineering at University College London before returning to Japan, where he helped establish the Ministry of Public Works, founded the Imperial College of Engineering in 1873, and later served as director-general of the Legislative Bureau and briefly as Japan's minister for public works, work that earned him recognition as a founding figure of modern Japanese engineering education.

Facts
Birth Year
1837 1
Birth Date
1837-11-05 1
Death Year
1917 1
Death Date
1917-12-21 1
Nationality
Japanese 1
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1. Wikipedia: Yamao Yōzō
  • Lead sentence, opening parenthesis
    Viscount Yamao Yōzō (山尾 庸三; 5 November 1837
  • Lead sentence, closing parenthesis
    21 December 1917) was a Japanese samurai
  • Lead sentence, descriptive clause
    was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who became an influential member of the Meiji era government of Japan
  • Infobox, Born row
    (1837-11-05)5 November 1837
  • Infobox, Died row
    21 December 1917(1917-12-21) (aged 80)
  • Lead sentence, native-script name
    Viscount Yamao Yōzō (山尾 庸三
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Why is Yamao Yozo called a founding figure of modern Japanese engineering education?

He studied engineering in London, then founded the Imperial College of Engineering in 1873.

Yamao was one of the Choshu Five, young samurai who traveled clandestinely to London in 1863 to study Western science and industry. Unlike two companions who returned early and entered politics, he stayed to study engineering at University College London. Back in Japan he helped establish the Ministry of Public Works and founded the Imperial College of Engineering in 1873, work that earned him recognition as a founding figure of modern Japanese engineering education.
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