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Honorary Fellow

When His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited the Japan Academy in April 1975, he was made an Honorary Fellow as an expression of the Academy's appreciation for his many contributions to the advancement of science and development of academic societies and their activities.

Name Country
His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh UK

Honorary Members

Foreign scholars who have made particularly important contributions to science and academics in Japan are selected as Honorary Members of the Japan Academy.

Medal of Honorary Members
Medal of Honorary Members

Presentation ceremony (Prof. Klaus STERN)
Presentation ceremony
(Prof. Klaus STERN)

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Humanities and Social Sciences

Name Speciality Country, Region
DORE, Ronald Philip

Sociology

UK

GERNET, Jacques

Sinology

France

KEENE, Donald

Japanese Literature

USA

ROBERT, Jacques

Constitutional Law

France

MORTIER, Roland

Comparative Literature

Belgium

HOBSBAWM, Eric J.

History of Social Thought

UK

KROESCHELL, Karl

German and Comparative Legal History

Germany

LE ROY LADURIE, Emmanuel

History

France

STERN, Klaus

Constitutional Law

Germany

NISH, Ian Hill

International History

UK

LIVI BACCI, Massimo Demography Italy
THOMAS, Keith English Modern History UK
DE BARY, William Theodore Neo-Confucian Philosophy
Japanese Intellectual History
USA

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Pure Sciences and their Applications

Name Speciality Country, Region
NAMBU, Yoichiro

Physics

USA

ANDERSON, Philip Warren

Condensed Matter Physics

USA

HUXLEY, Andrew

Neurophysiology
Muscle Physiology

UK

RAO, C.N.Ramachandra

Solid Chemistry

India

KLUG, Aaron

Molecular and Structural Biology

UK

ERIKSSON, Tage Richard

Plant Cell Biology

Sweden

QUEISSER, Hans Joachim

Semiconductor Electronics and Physics

Germany

LEE, Yuan Tseh

Chemistry

Taiwan

BRENNER, Sydney

Molecular Biology
Cell Biology

UK

LEE, Ho Wang

Virology

Korea

MANABE, Syukuro

Meteorology
Climatology

USA

YANG, Chen Ning

Theoretical Physics

USA

COREY, Elias James

Organic Synthetic Chemistry

USA

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