Johannes Ludwig Janson

Johannes Ludwig Janson (born 1 September 1849 in Prieborn, county chasing near Breslau, † October 28, 1914 in Kagoshima, Japan), was a veterinarian, as the "Contract foreigners" (o- yatoi gaikokujin ) which makes a critical role in building the had modern veterinary medicine in Japan.

After graduation Janson 1866 took a degree in veterinary medicine at the University of Berlin, where he made ​​his state examination in 1869 and shortly thereafter as participate as a veterinary at the Franco-German War. After various positions as a veterinarian in 1880, he received a job as a coach at the Military Veterinary Academy in Berlin.

In 1880 he traveled to an offer by the Japanese government to Tokyo, where he taught from October 1880 to October 1886 at the Komaba Agricultural School ( Komaba Nōgyō - Gakko ) veterinary medicine. From this school later emerged the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Tokyo. While designed for two to three -year contracts of highly paid foreigners were rarely extended, Janson was set up in 1902. Among his contemporaries, he left a lasting impression as a dancer at the famous banquets Rokumeikan. When, after several extension his employment ended, he received the title of professor emeritus ( meiyo Kyoshi ). At the same time a bust in bronze was poured, which is still preserved today.

Janson traveled back to Germany, but moved after a few years returned to Japan. First, he taught at the College of Agriculture and Forestry in Morioka ( Iwate Prefecture ). In 1907 he became a teacher for German and Latin, which was founded six years earlier Upper School No. 7 in Kagoshima, the homeland of his wife. Here he died in 1914, two months after the declaration of war on Germany and Japan was at the cemetery Sōmuta (草 牟 田) buried.

Writings

  • Tokishige, H. / Janson, JL: Filaria immitis and other parasites occurring in dogs in Japan. Mittheilungen of the German Society for Nature and People of Eastern Asia, Volume V (1889-1892), No. 48, pp. 349-360
  • Janson, J. L.: The Veterinary Institute to Tokyo. Mittheilungen of the German Society for Nature and People of Eastern Asia, Volume V (1889-1892), No. 49, pp. 395-423
  • Janson, JL: The importance of white animals in Japan. Mittheilungen of the German Society for Nature and People of Eastern Asia, Volume V (1889-1892), No. 49, pp. 431-434
  • Janson J L (1891 ): veterinary medicine in Japan. Archives for academic and practical veterinary medicine vol 17, pp. 61-80
  • Janson JL (1891 ): Chinese - Japanese Veterinary Medical literature. Archives for academic and practical veterinary medicine vol 17, pp. 347-357
  • Janson JL (1892 ): Filaria immitis and other parasites occurring in dogs in Japan. Archives for academic and practical veterinary medicine vol 18, pp. 63-79
  • Janson J L (1892 ): Animals in Japan. Archives for academic and practical veterinary medicine vol 18, pp. 321-335 and pp. 434-446
  • Under Jansons revision issued: Kachiku Ihan ( Medical Guide for Pets). 16 volumes, Tokyo, 1887-1890. (家畜 医 范, digitized, National Diet Library )
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