Tanakadate, Dr Aikitu (1856-1952 : physicist and physics graduate : University of Glasgow, Glasgow

Aikitu Tanakadate (1856-1952), later known as the "father of Japenese seismology", studied electricity and magnetism under Lord Kelvin at Glasgow University from 1888-1890, undertaking research on anmeters. He went on to become Japan's first distinguished physicist and one of the country's most reknowned geophysicists and seismologists. He was involved in earthquake investigation and research, and through this work went on to found the Insititute of Seismology at Tokyo University. He was Professor of Physics at the Imperial University of Tokyo and Director of the Physical Institute, and was instrumental in the establishment of the Mizusawa Astro-Geodynamics Observatory. He died in 1952.

From the guide to the Papers of Aikitu Tanakadate, 1856-1952, physicist and physics graduate, University of Glasgow, 1888-2007, (Glasgow University Archive Services)