Ukichiro Nakaya
Japanese physicist
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Ukichiro Nakaya was a Japanese physicist and science essayist known for his work in glaciology and low-temperature sciences. He is credited with making the first artificial snowflakes. Wikipedia
Born: July 4, 1900, Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan
Died: April 11, 1962 (age 61 years), Tokyo, Japan
Children: Fujiko Nakaya
Education: University of Tokyo (1925), Kyoto University, and King's College London
Known for: Artificial snowflakes