Background
Takeda was born in 1883 in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. He was the second son of Satow and his common-law wife, Takeda Kane.
久吉 武田
Takeda was born in 1883 in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. He was the second son of Satow and his common-law wife, Takeda Kane.
Hisayoshi Takeda learned English at the Tokyo Foreign Language School (東京外国語学校 (旧制)) before going to the United Kingdom in 1910 to study botany at Kew Gardens in London.
Takeda returned home in 1913 before returning to England in 1915 to continue his studies at the University of Birmingham. A year later he visited the island of Shikotan to conduct plant research as part of his doctorate.
In 1916 he became a lecturer at Kyoto University before joining Hokkaido University in 1920. From 1928 to 1939, he returned to Kyoto University where he served as a senior lecturer.
Between 1948 and 1951, Takeda served as the sixth Chairman of the Japanese Alpine Club, which was founded in 1905. He was also the chairman of Nature Conservation Society of Japan (日本自然保護協会) until 1970, when he was awarded the Prince Chichibu Memorial Science Prize for his contributions to botany.
Takeda was married and had two daughters.