was a Japanese chemist. ==Early life and education== Takamine was born in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, in November 1854.
He spent his childhood in Kanazawa, capital of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture in central Honshū, and was educated in Osaka, Kyoto, and Tokyo, graduating from the Tokyo Imperial University in 1879.
He returned to Japan in 1883 and joined the division of chemistry at the newly established Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Its Latin name is Aspergillus oryzae, and it is a "designated national fungus" (kokkin) in Japan. In 1899, Takamine was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Engineering by what is now the University of Tokyo. ===United States=== Takamine went as co-commissioner of the Cotton Exposition to New Orleans in 1884, where he met Lafcadio Hearn and Caroline Hitch, his future wife.
He learned English as a child from a Dutch family in Nagasaki and so always spoke English with a Dutch accent. While in the US, Takamine was married to Caroline Field Hitch. ==Career== ===Japan=== Takamine continued to work for the department of agriculture and commerce until 1887.
Its Latin name is Aspergillus oryzae, and it is a "designated national fungus" (kokkin) in Japan. In 1899, Takamine was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Engineering by what is now the University of Tokyo. ===United States=== Takamine went as co-commissioner of the Cotton Exposition to New Orleans in 1884, where he met Lafcadio Hearn and Caroline Hitch, his future wife.
This turned out to be a shrewd move - he became a millionaire in a relatively short time and by the early 20th century was estimated to be worth $30 million. In 1901 he isolated and purified the
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