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Isamu Akasaki
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Memorial Page for Isamu Akasaki

Jan 30, 1929 – Apr 1, 2021(92 years)Died in:Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Japanese engineer

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Occupation(4)

physicistprofessorengineerresearcher

Awards(10)

Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd classEdison MedalOrder of CultureNobel Prize in PhysicsCharles Stark Draper PrizePerson of Cultural MeritKyoto Prize in Advanced TechnologyAsahi PrizeMedal with Purple RibbonIEEE Fellow

Education(4)

Kyoto UniversityKōnan High SchoolSeventh Higher SchoolNagoya University

Isamu Akasaki (* January 30, 1929 in Chiran; † April 1, 2021 in Nagoya) was a japanese engineer. He was 92 years old. His education included Kyoto University, Kōnan High School, Seventh Higher School and Nagoya University. He received 10 awards, including Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class, Edison Medal. His cause of death was pneumonia.

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Born in Chiran, Kagoshima Prefecture

1929

Medal with Purple Ribbon

1996

Asahi Prize

2000

Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class

2002

Person of Cultural Merit

2004

Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology

2009

Edison Medal

2011

Order of Culture

2011

Nobel Prize in Physics

2014

Charles Stark Draper Prize

2015

Died in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture (pneumonia)

2021

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Isamu Akasaki. Forever remembered.