Kikuchi Dairoku
Kikuchi Dairoku | |
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菊池 大麓 | |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 2 June 1901 – 17 July 1903 | |
| Prime Minister | Katsura Tarō |
| Preceded by | Matsuda Masahisa |
| Succeeded by | Kodama Gentarō |
| Member of the Privy Council | |
| In office 8 May 1912 – 19 August 1917 | |
| Monarchs | Meiji Taishō |
| Member of the House of Peers | |
| In office 29 September 1890 – 15 May 1912 Nominated by the Emperor | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 March 1855 |
| Died | 19 August 1917 (aged 62) |
| Relatives | Ryokichi Minobe (grandson) Tatsukichi Minobe (son-in-law) |
| Scientific career | |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Signature | |
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Baron Kikuchi Dairoku (菊池 大麓; 17 March 1855 – 19 August 1917) was a Japanese mathematician, educator, and education administrator during the Meiji era. After earning degrees in mathematics and physics from St John's College at the University of Cambridge, he became one of the first Japanese professors of mathematics at the University of Tokyo. Later in his life, he served as president of the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Gakushuin, and the Riken Institute.