NAITÔ Tachû 内藤多仲
(1886 – 1970)
Japanese structural engineer, building structure engineer, building structure scholar and first-class architect, known as ´Dr. Tower´ and “father of earthquake-resistant structures” | 1886 born in Yamanashi prefecture | 1910 graduates from “University of Tôkyô” | 1913 becomes professor at “Waseda University” | 1917-18 studies in the USA | 1923 engineers the “Industrial Bank of Japan”, which withstood the Great Kantô earthquake | 1924 is awarded a doctorate in engineering | 1941 becomes president of the “Architectural Institute of Japan” | 1943 dean of the faculty of science and engineering, Waseda University | 1954 member of the “Science Council of Japan” | 1960 member of the “Japan Academy” | 1962 person of “Cultural Merit” | 1964 “Order of the Rising Sun | 1970 died
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