HidesaburÅ Ueno
Ueno Hidesaburō (Jap.上 野 英 三郎; born January 19, 1871 in Hisai, today Tsu, Mie Prefecture, † May 21, 1925 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese agricultural scientist. Commonly known he was in Japan but only posthumously as the owner of the famous for his loyalty Akita dog Hachikō.
Ueno made in 1895 at the Imperial University in Tokyo with a degree in agriculture, and in 1900 his diploma. He subsequently assistant professor and in 1902 associate professor at the University of Agricultural Sciences. In 1916 he became a professor at the Imperial University, where he directed the department Agricultural Engineering. He developed technology for reclamation of arable land took place after the Kanto Earthquake of 1923 in Tokyo application.
Ueno died on May 21, 1925 during a lecture of a brain haemorrhage. His dog Hachikō became famous in Japan, while he was still almost ten years, then waited until his own death in March 1935 at Tokyo's Shibuya Station every day on his dead master. At the station the dog a monument was erected.
Hachikōs ( and Ueno's ) story was repeatedly implemented in books and films, including 2009 film Hachiko - A wonderful friendship.
- Agronomists
- University teachers (University of Tokyo)
- Japanese
- Born in 1871
- Died in 1925
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