Kiyozō Kazama, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kiyozō Kazama

Japanese linguist

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1928

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Profession: classical scholar, linguist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Kiyozo Kazama (?? ???, Kazama Kiyozo, born 8 December 1928 in Tokyo) is a Japanese professor of comparative linguistics, specializing in Latin and Greek, and emeritus professor at Tokyo University.
He studied comparative grammar under Kozu Harushige at the department of linguistics at Tokyo University, and graduated in 1952.
He studied abroad under a scholarship grant at Vienna University and returned to become assistant, and then full, professor at his alma mater.
He was awarded his doctorate in September 1978 on the subject of kinship terminology in Indo-European languages.
On his retirement, he subsequently taught at Hosei University.
He is one of Japan's leading scholars in Indo-European studies, with a particular interest in etymology.