Tomonaga Sanjūrō

Tomonaga Sanjūrō
朝永 三十郎
Born(1871-03-25)March 25, 1871
DiedSeptember 18, 1951(1951-09-18) (aged 80)
Nationality Japanese
Other namesSanjūrō Tomonaga
OccupationUniversity professor
ChildrenShinichirō Tomonaga
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
Sub-disciplineHistory of philosophy
School or traditionKyoto School
Institutions
Notable studentsObara Kuniyoshi
Main interests

Tomonaga Sanjūrō (朝永 三十郎, Tomonaga Sanjūrō, 1871–1951) was a Japanese academic and esteemed professor emeritus of medieval, renaissance, early modern, and Kantian philosophy at the University of Kyoto during the early 20th century. He was one of the leading thinkers of the Kyoto School.

His son, Shinichirō Tomonaga, is also renowned for receiving the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for the development of quantum electrodynamics.