Seiichi Tejima

Incorporates translated material from the article in the Japanese Wikipedia Seiichi Tejima (手島 精一, Tejima Seiichi, 1850-01-11 - 1918-01-23[1]) was a Japanese educator of the Meiji period.

A prominent advocate for technical education, Tejima became the second president of the Tokyo Institute of Technology and served in this capacity from 1890-1898, 1899-1901 and 1901-1916.

Tejima was also one of the many co-founders of what is today Kyoritsu Women's University.

Son of a samurai retainer from Numazu, Shizuoka, Tejima travelled privately to the United States in 1870 entering a secondary school in Philadelphia and then attending classes at Lafayette College.

In 1873 he returned to the United Kingdom to study rail transportation.

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Tejima and his family at his home in 1914