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Authorised form of nameMichinomiya; Hirohito (1901 - 1989); Emperor of Japan
Dates1901 - 1989
NationalityJapanese
Date of birth29/04/1901
Date of death07/01/1989
ActivityHonours:
KG 1929
Membership categoryStatute 12
Royal Fellow
Date of election13/05/1971
Age at election70
SourcesObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1990 vol 36 pp 241-272, plate, by E J H Corner
Notes:
While Emperor Hirohito was elected under Statute 12, in the relevant editions of the Year Book his name appears with the Royal Fellows at the head of the list of Fellows.
Royal Society codeNA2021
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1971/37Hirohito: certificate of election to the Royal Society
HWT/23/4Correspondence and papers regarding election of Emperor Hirohito of Japan as a Fellow of the Royal SocietyApril - August 1971
IM/002122Hirohito, Emperor of Japannd
IM/002123Hirohito, Emperor of Japan6 October 1971
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