Furuichi Kōi
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Furuichi Kōi

Japanese civil engineer

Baron Furuichi Kōi (古市 公威; September 13, 1854 – January 28, 1934) was a Japanese civil engineer, who was president of Kōka Daigaku, the present college of engineering of the University of Tokyo, and founding president of the Tokyo Underground Railway, "the first underground railway in the Orient".2

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Born Sep 13, 1854, died Jan 28, 1934.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Tokyo3
  • Date not recordedScience Faculty of Paris3
  • Date not recordedÉcole Centrale Paris3

Career

Occupation: civil engineer, politician, engineer.7

  • Date not recordedWorked at University of Tokyo4
  • Date not recordedFounded Hosei University5
  • Date not recordedMember of the House of Peers6

Personal life

  • BornSep 13, 1854, Edo8 9
  • CitizenshipJapan10

Awards

  • Date not recordedOrder of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class11
  • Date not recordedOrder of the Rising Sun, 1st class11