Masataro Sawayanagi, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Masataro Sawayanagi

Japanese politician

Date of Birth: 17-May-1865

Date of Death: 24-Dec-1927

Profession: politician

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Masataro Sawayanagi (?? ???, Sawayanagi Masataro, May 17, 1865 – December 24, 1927) was a Japanese educator, academic administrator and government official.
He was selected as a member of the House of Peers in 1909.
In 1911, he became the first president of Tohoku University in Sendai City.
In 1913, he was appointed the president of Kyoto University.
He is best known for writing the Revised Elementary School Code of 1900.