Hidetsugu Yagi
Hidetsugu Yagi (八木 秀次, Yagi Hidetsugu, January 28, 1886 – January 19, 1976) was a Japanese electrical engineer from Osaka, Japan. When working at Tohoku Imperial University, he wrote several articles that introduced a new antenna designed by his assistant Shintaro Uda to the English-speaking world.
Hidetsugu Yagi | |
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| 八木 秀次 | |
| Born | January 28, 1886 Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Empire of Japan |
| Died | January 19, 1976 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Engineering scientist |
| Known for | Yagi–Uda antenna |
| Awards | Blue Ribbon Award (1951), the Order of Culture (1956) and the Order of the Rising Sun, First Class (1976) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
The Yagi-Uda antenna, patented in 1926, allows directional communication using electromagnetic waves, and is now installed on millions of houses throughout the world for radio and television reception. He also tried, unsuccessfully, to introduce a wireless power transmission system. He participated in establishing the Chiba Institute of Technology.
He was the fourth president of Osaka University from February 1946 to December 1946.
In 1942, he became the President of Tokyo Institute of Technology, in 1944 he became the President of the Technical Institution, and in 1946 also the President of the Osaka Imperial University. He was decorated with the Medal of Honor with Blue Ribbon Award in 1951, with the Order of Culture in 1956, and posthumously with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1976.