Furuichi Koi was a Japanese civil engineer, born in 1854 and died in 1934, recognized as the first person to receive a Doctor of Engineering degree in Japan. He served as the first president of Koka Daigaku, the engineering college that later became part of the University of Tokyo, and as the first chairman of the Japan Federation of Engineering Societies, helping establish engineering as an organized profession in Japan. His most significant infrastructure achievement was founding the Tokyo Underground Railway, which opened in 1920 as the first underground railway line in Asia.
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A Japanese civil engineer who led the college of engineering of the University of Tokyo and was founding president of the Tokyo Underground Railway.
Baron Furuichi Koi was a Japanese civil engineer who lived from 1854 to 1934. He was president of Koka Daigaku, the present college of engineering of the University of Tokyo, and founding president of the Tokyo Underground Railway, described as the first underground railway in the Orient.
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Baron Furuichi Kōi (古市 公威; September 13, 1854 – January 28, 1934) was a Japanese civil engineer, who was president of Kōka Daigaku, the present college of engineering of the University of Tokyo, and founding president of the Tokyo Underground Railway, "the first underground railway in the Orient".
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Baron Furuichi Kōi (古市 公威; September 13, 1854
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January 28, 1934) was a Japanese
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was a Japanese civil engineer, who was
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(1854-09-13)September 13, 1854
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January 28, 1934(1934-01-28) (aged 79)
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Baron Furuichi Kōi (古市 公威
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Baron Furuichi Kōi (古市 公威; September 13, 1854, January 28, 1934) was a Japanese civil engineer, who was president of Kōka Daigaku, the present college of engineering of the University of Tokyo, and founding president of the Tokyo Underground Railway, "the first underground railway in the Orient".
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founding president of the Tokyo Underground Railway
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