HONDA Kotaro

Date of Birth and Death
March 24, 1870 - February 12, 1954
Birthplace (modern name)
Aichi
Occupation, Status
Scholar (Natural Science)

Description

Physicist. Born in Aichi. He graduated from the First Higher Middle School and the Imperial University. In 1903, he became a Doctor of Science. After studying in Europe from 1907 to 1911, he returned to Japan to become a professor at the Tohoku Imperial University. Honda is famous for inventing high-performance magnetic steels including KS Magnetic Steel in 1917 and New KS Magnetic Steel in 1933. He became the president of the Tohoku Imperial University in 1931. He received the first Order of Culture in 1937.

Publications

National Diet Library's collections

SNS

HONDA Kotaro

  • Portrait of HONDA Kotaro1
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  • Portrait of HONDA Kotaro3