Born into a farming family in Aichi.
He studied physics at the Imperial University under Nagaoka Hantarō.
He studied in Germany and elsewhere, researching the magnetism of metals.
He became a professor at Tōhoku Imperial University.
He invented KS steel, which makes a powerful magnet.
As head of the Institute for Materials Research he built a centre for metals research.
He became president of Tōhoku Imperial University.
He invented an even stronger magnet steel, New KS steel.
He received the first Order of Culture, and is called "the god of iron".
He died.
Makino TomitarōNagaoka HantarōMinakata KumagusuNishida KitarōShimamura HōgetsuSakai ToshihikoIzumi KyōkaMinobe Tatsukichi
People of the Taishō period ・ People by period
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