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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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