was a Japanese scholar of the

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and the study of comparative civilization. Itō was an honorary professor of

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and

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, and a professor of Reitaku University, and the Chairman of Japan Seaology Promotion Organization. He was also a president of the

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. Itō was born in Tokyo, and obtained his bachelor's degree in literature from Tokyo University in 1953, his master's in 1955, and Ph.D. from

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in 1964. Itō taught at the University of Tokyo, as Professor, from 1978 to 1989, and in International Research Center for Japanese Studies from 1989 to 1995, and in Reitaku University from 1995. Itō died on September 20, 2023, at the age of 93.訃報）伊東名誉会長ご逝去のお知らせ

Bibliography

*Ito, S. ''The Medieval Latin Translation of the

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of Euclid''. Tokyo University Press, 1980 and Birkhauser, 1998.

Honours

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(2020)

References

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Prof. Shuntaro Ito
(Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ito, Shuntaro 1930 births 2023 deaths Academic staff of Reitaku University 20th-century Japanese historians Academic staff of the University of Tokyo Historians of mathematics Historians of science University of Tokyo alumni Persons of Cultural Merit Scientists from Tokyo