Hōjō Tokiyuki (Scouting)

"This article is on the Japanese Scouting figure. For the samurai, please see Hōjō Tokiyuki."

nihongo|Hōjō Tokiyuki|北条 時敬| (March 23, 1858 - April 27, 1929) was an educator and mathematician. His name as a child was nihongo|Kumejirō|粂次郎. He was the twelfth head of Gakushūin, an early Japanese Scouting notable, and Principal of Hiroshima Regular High School.

Life

He was born as the second son of a servant of the feudal lord of the Kanazawa Han, in Kanazawa, Kaga Province (now Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The Hōjō family are thought to be descendants of the noble Hōjō family of Kamakura. After a period as the principal of Ishikawa Prefecture Technical School (4th High School), he became the first principal of Hiroshima Regular High School (now the education department of Hiroshima University). He also held positions as the head of Tohoku Imperial University and Gakushūin.

In 1920, he became an advisor to the Imperial Court, and was selected as a member of the House of Peers.

On April 27, 1929, he died of liver cancer, aged 71.

He is also known for his part in spreading the Scouting movement to Japan. At the request of the Minister of Culture, nihongo|Makino Nobuaki|牧野伸顕, he attended a worldwide morality conference in London in 1908 to conduct a survey of the British Scouting organization, and returned to Japan with Scout uniforms and documents on Scouting. He later gave lectures on Scouting in Hiroshima and elsewhere in Japan.

Events

* 1885: Graduated from the Mathematics Department, Science Faculty, Tokyo Imperial University. Became a teacher at Ishikawa Prefecture Technical School (later, 4th High School)
* 1888: Entered the graduate school of Tokyo Imperial University
* 1894: Deputy Principal of Yamaguchi High School, Yamaguchi Prefecture
* 1896: Principal of the same school
* 1898: Principal of 4th High School, Kanazawa
* 1902: First Principal of Hiroshima Normal High School (now Hiroshima University)
* 1908: Attended an international conference on morality in London. Introduced the British Scouting movement to Japan
* 1913: Head of Tohoku Imperial University
* 1917: Head of Gakushūin
* 1920: Advisor to the Imperial Palace. Selected for the House of Peers
* 1929: Died of liver cancer

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Sources

Much of this article was translated from the equivalent article in the Japanese Wikipedia, as referenced on October 27, 2006.

Twelfth

Head of Gakushūin

(1918 - 1921)

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