Fukuzawa Yukichi

Modern Enlightenment thinker, educator, philosopher, scholar, author, writer, journalist, translator, entrepreneur, and founder of Keio University in Japan's Meiji era (1835-1901)

Fukuzawa Yukichi (福澤 諭吉, January 10, 1835 – February 3, 1901) was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur, journalist, and leader who founded Keio University, Jiji-Shinpō (a newspaper) and the Institute for Study of Infectious Diseases.

Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa in 1891.
Born(1835-01-10)January 10, 1835
DiedFebruary 3, 1901(1901-02-03) (aged 66)
Tokyo, Japan
Other namesShi-I (子圍)
Sanjyū-ikkoku-jin (三十一谷人)
Children9