Hidetsugu Yagi belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Hidetsugu Yagi as Japanese electrical engineer (1886–1976).
Hidetsugu Yagi was born at Osaka in 1886. His recorded nationality is Japan. He was educated at University of Tokyo and Osaka Prefectural Kitano High School.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
He worked as physicist, university teacher and businessperson.
His affiliations include University of Osaka, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tohoku University.
Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
His recorded fields of work are radio-frequency engineering, electronics and wireless communication technology.
His work was formally recognised with the Order of Culture, Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class and Person of Cultural Merit.
That the work was done from Japan matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Hidetsugu Yagi died in 1976, aged 90. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Affiliated with University of Osaka, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tohoku University
- Educated at University of Tokyo and Osaka Prefectural Kitano High School
- Worked as physicist, university teacher and businessperson
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