Award
Japan Academy Prize
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q933177 · wikidata
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Shintaro Uda
1896-06-01 – 1976-08-18
Life & Legacy
Shintaro Uda (宇田 新太郎, Uda Shintarō; June 1, 1896 – August 18, 1976) was a Japanese inventor, and assistant to Professor Hidetsugu Yagi at Tohoku Imperial University, where together they invented the Yagi–Uda antenna in 1926.
In February 1926, Yagi and Uda published their first report on the wave projector antenna in a Japanese publication. Yagi applied for patents on the new antenna both in Japan and the United States. His U.S. patent 1,860,123 ("Variable Directional Electric Wave Generating Device") was issued in May 1932 and assigned to the Radio Corporation of America.
Occupation & Career
inventor, university teacher, engineer
Education
Tohoku University
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Japan Academy Prize; Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd Class; Order of the Rising Sun
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Japan Academy Prize · Order of the Rising Sun · Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd Class
Employer
Kanagawa University · Tohoku University
Education & Institutions
Tohoku University
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd Class
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q933177 · wikidata
Award
Order of the Rising Sun
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q933177 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q933177 — wikidata View source
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