Joseph Neesima

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Joseph Neesima was a pioneering Japanese Christian educator and founder of Doshisha University, known for being one of the first Japanese people to study in the United States.

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Joseph Neesima canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian missionary ⓘ
Japanese Christian ⓘ
educator ⓘ
human ⓘ
university founder ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jo Niijima ⓘ
Niijima Jō ⓘ
birthName Niijima Shimeta ⓘ
linked to: Niijima Jō
burialPlace Kyoto ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1843-02-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1890-01-23 ⓘ
educatedAt Amherst College ⓘ
Andover Theological Seminary ⓘ
Phillips Academy Andover ⓘ
era Meiji period ⓘ
linked to: Meiji era
fieldOfWork education ⓘ
missionary work ⓘ
theology ⓘ
founded Doshisha English School ⓘ
Doshisha University ⓘ
graduatedFrom Amherst College ⓘ
hasReligionConversion conversion to Christianity in the United States ⓘ
influenced development of Christian higher education in Japan ⓘ
influencedBy American Protestant missionaries ⓘ
knownFor being one of the first Japanese people to study in the United States ⓘ
founding Doshisha University ⓘ
pioneering Christian education in Japan ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
name Joseph Neesima ⓘ
notableAchievement among the first Japanese Protestants ordained as a minister ⓘ
first Japanese graduate of Amherst College ⓘ
occupation educator ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
university president ⓘ
placeOfBirth Edo ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ
Oiso ⓘ
positionHeld president of Doshisha University ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
spouse Yamamoto Yaeko ⓘ
traveledTo Europe ⓘ
United States ⓘ
workedIn Kyoto ⓘ

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Joseph Hardy Neesima → alsoKnownAs → Joseph Neesima ⓘ
Joseph Neesima → name → Joseph Neesima ⓘ