Kikuchi Dairoku | |
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| Born | 17 March 1855 Edo, Japan |
| Died | 19 August 1917 (aged 62) Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
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Baron Kikuchi Dairoku (菊池 大麓, 17 March 1855 – 19 August 1917) was a Japanese mathematician, educator, and education administrator during the Meiji era. After earning degrees in mathematics and physics from St John's College at the University of Cambridge, he became one of the first Japanese professors of mathematics at the University of Tokyo. Later in his life, he served as president of the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Gakushuin, and the Riken Institute.