Jo Niijima

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Jo Niijima, better known as Joseph Hardy Neesima, was a pioneering Japanese Christian educator and founder of Doshisha University who played a key role in introducing Western learning and Christianity to Japan in the Meiji era.

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instanceOf Christian missionary
Protestant Christian
educator
human
university founder
birthDate 1843-02-12
birthPlace Edo, Japan NERFINISHED
Tokugawa shogunate, Japan NERFINISHED
burialPlace Kyoto, Japan NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Japan
deathDate 1890-01-23
degree Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College
educatedAt Amherst College
Andover Theological Seminary NERFINISHED
Phillips Academy Andover NERFINISHED
era Meiji era
surface form: Meiji period
familyName Niijima NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Christian mission in Japan
education
theology
founded Doshisha English School NERFINISHED
Doshisha University NERFINISHED
givenName Jo NERFINISHED
influenced development of Christian higher education in Japan
influencedBy American Protestant missionaries
knownFor being one of the first Japanese to receive a college degree in the United States
founding Doshisha University
introducing Western learning to Japan
promoting Christianity in Meiji Japan
languageSpoken English
Japanese
movement Protestant mission to Japan
name Jo Niijima NERFINISHED
Joseph Hardy Neesima NERFINISHED
nationality Japanese
nativeName 新島襄 NERFINISHED
notableStudent graduates of Doshisha University
occupation Christian minister
educator
missionary
university president
positionHeld President of Doshisha University
religion Christianity
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Kyoto, Japan NERFINISHED
Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
spouse Yae Niijima NERFINISHED

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Joseph Hardy Neesima alsoKnownAs Jo Niijima