Kanichi Asakawa (Kanichi Asakawa)
Historian. He became a graduate of Dartmouth and the Yale Graduate School. As a member of the Yale faculty, he became the first Japanese professor at a major university in the United States. He dedicated himself to serving as a bridge between the United States and Japan to promote amicable relations. Some of his remains are also interred at Konjiki cemetery at his hometown of Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, Japan. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett) Family links: Spouse: Miriam Dingwall Asakawa (1879 – 1913)* *Calculated relationship
Born
- December, 20, 1873
- Japan
Died
- August, 08, 1948
- USA
Cemetery
- Grove Street Cemetery
- Connecticut
- USA